Question

Magadha became an important mahajanapada justify the statement

Answer 1

Between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, Magadha became the most powerful Mahajanapada. Modern historians explain this in a variety of ways.

i) It was a region where agriculture was especially productive.

ii)Besides, iron mines were accessible and provided resources for tools and weapons.

iii) Elephants , an important component of the army, were found in the forest in the region.

iv) Moreover, the Ganga and it's tributaries provided a means of cheap and convenient communication.

v) Early Buddhist and Jaina writers who wrote about Magadha attributed its power to the policies of a number of ruthlessly ambitious kings of whom Bimbisara, Ajatasattu and Mahapadma Nanda are the best known .