Modern historians explain Magadha as the thot powerful reason because of various reasons.
(a) Magadha was a region where agriculture was especially productive. Agriculture was very importantfor he economy of any empie.
(ii) There is abundance of minerals in Magadh area, iron mines were accessible and provided resources for cools and weapons.
(iii) Magadh army was a powerful army and they had elephants in their army. Elephants were found in forests in the region.
(iv) Also, the Ganga and its tributaries provided a mes ns of cheap and convenient communication, which is very important to have information about other kingdoms and served cconomy also. Changing the capital from Rajgriha to Pataliputra also helped bec mse it commanded routes of communication was a region where agriculture was alorg the Ganga.
(v)Cauddhist and Jaina writers also attributed its power to the policies of ruthlessly ambitious kings such as Bimbisara, Ajatasatru and Mahapadmanand etc.
(vi) There were five major political centers in the empire-the capital Pataliputra and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayaini, Tosali and Suvarnagiri. The empire ranged from the present-day north-west Frontier Provinces of Pakistan, to Andhra Pradesh, odi ha and Uttarakhand in India, thus signifying the pover of Magadha Janapada.
