What was the capital of Magadh Mahajanapada during the time of king Ajatashatru ?
Rajagriha
Rajagriha option is correct.
Magadha rose to primacy among the sixteen Mahajanapadas under the Haryanka dynasty (c. 6th—5th century BCE). Bimbisara had shifted the seat from the older Girivraja hill-fort to the new city of Rajagriha (modern Rajgir in Bihar), a strategic basin ringed by five hills. His son Ajatashatru (c. 492—460 BCE) ruled from this same capital while he fought Kosala and the Vajji confederacy.
Only towards the very end of his reign did Ajatashatru begin fortifying Pataligrama on the Ganga as a forward post against the Vrijjis; the formal transfer of the capital to Pataliputra was completed later by his successor Udayin.
Kaushambi was the capital of the Vatsas under Udayana, and Vaishali was the confederate capital of the Vajji/Licchavi league that Ajatashatru attacked — none of these three was ever the seat of Magadha in his time.
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