Three features of Mahajanapada:
(a) (i) Vajji, Magadha, Koshala, Kuru, Panchala, Gandhata and Avanti were amongst the most important mahajanapadar.
(ii) Each mahajanapada had a capital city, which was often forifed. (iii) Each mabajanapada had a well maintained standing army and regular bureaucracies for administration.
(iv) Dhatuasutras, written by Brahmans laid down norms for rulers.
(v) Rulers were ideally expected to be Kshatriyas.
(vi) Rulers were advised to collect taxes.
(vii) Rulee by ganas and sanghas and wer oligarchies
(viii) Power was shared by the rajas
(ix) Fortified capital cities.
(x) Rulers collected taxes and tributes from the cultivators.
(b) Magadha was the most prominent of all Nathajanpadas. The confluence of rivers made its land fertile. There were deposits of iron which were used by Magadhans to make powerful weapons. They had agtatian cconomy which was supported by the military strength. Pataliputra was its capital. Its location was convenient for trade. It prospered in trade, and gradually emerged as the most powerful Mahajanapada.
