Between 6th and 4th centuries BCE, which of the following Mahajanapadas became the most powerful?
Between 6th and 4th centuries BCE, which of the following Mahajanapadas became the most powerful?
Solution
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Magadha emerged as the most powerful Mahajanapada owing to fertile alluvial land, iron ore deposits near Rajgir, forests for elephants and timber, control of the Ganga for trade, and ambitious rulers such as Bimbisara, Ajatasattu and Mahapadma Nanda.
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