Which of the following Mahajanpadas supplied men and materials to the Persian army fighting against the Greeks?
Gandhara
Gandhara. Herodotus, Histories 7.66, expressly names Gandarian soldiers in Xerxes’ army against Greece. Gandhara was within the Achaemenid imperial sphere, which levied tribute and troops from its subject territories.
Which combination of ruler - dynasty is correct?
I. Kanishka - Kushan
II. Satkarni - Satavahana
Match List I with List II:
List I | List II |
(Mahajanapada) | (Capital) |
(A) Asmaka | (I) Kampilya |
(B) Chedi | (II) Mathura |
(C) Dakshina Panchala | (III) Potana |
(D) Surasena | (IV) Suktimati |
Match the kingdoms or confederacies with their core geographical regions.
(a) Avanti
(b) Gandhara
(c) Chedi
(d) Vajji
(i) Malwa region of central India
(ii) Peshawar and Taxila–Rawalpindi region
(iii) Eastern Bundelkhand in central India
(iv) North of the Ganga towards the Nepal foothills
Choose the correct option.
According to the Jaina text Bhagavati Sutra , how many ganarajyas of Kasi and Kosala formed part of the powerful political confederacy of the Eastern India which opposed Ajatasatru, the King of Magadha?