Question

Why end mahajanpadas

Answer 1

The Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit: महाजनपद, lit. 'great realm', from maha, "great", and janapada "foothold of a tribe, country") were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Two of them were most probably ganatantras (republics) and others had forms of monarchy.

Magadha was the most powerful of the Mahajanapadas because certain factors helped it be the most powerful. They were :

i) Strategic location

ii) Fertile land

iii) mineral deposits