Question

The Rajas of the Mahajanpadas built forts as they provided ______
1. Mutability
2. Security
3. Marketability
4. Transportability

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Security

The Correct Answer is security.

 

• The Rajas of the Mahajanapadas built forts in order to protect their capital city and their people from attacks by other Rajas.
• It is also likely that they wanted to show how rich and powerful they were by building large, powerful, and impressive walls around their cities.

 

• Around the sixth century BC, the territories of sixteen Mahajanapadas got clearly marked.
• These included
  • Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji or Vrije,
  • Malla, Chedi or Cheti, Vamsa or Vatsa,
  • Kuru, Panchala, Machcha or Matsya,
  • Surasena, Assaka or Ashmaka, Avanti, Gandhara & Kamboja.