'Rajagriha' was the capital city of which Mahajanapada in ancient India?
Magadh
The question asks which Mahajanapada had Rajagriha as its capital city.
In the age of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (around the 6th century BCE), each powerful state had its own capital, and Rajagriha - present-day Rajgir in Bihar, ringed by hills - served as the early capital of one of them.
Rajagriha was the capital of the Magadh (Magadha) Mahajanapada, ruled by kings such as Bimbisara and Ajatashatru of the Haryanka dynasty.
Magadha later shifted its capital from Rajagriha to Pataliputra and went on to become the most powerful of all the Mahajanapadas, forming the core of later empires like the Mauryas.
The other kingdoms had different capitals: Vatsa was centred on Kausambi, Kosala on Shravasti (Ayodhya), and Matsya on Viratnagar, so none of them match Rajagriha.
Hence, the correct answer is Magadh.
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