History · From State to Empire
UGC NET December 2013 History
After Hastinapur was swept away by floods, the Pandavas shifted their capital to:
AKausambi ✓ Correct
BKurukshetra
CAhichchhatra
DIndraprastha
Correct answer: (A) Kausambi — The Pandavas shifted their capital to Kausambi, so the answer is Kausambi.
Explanation
★The Pandavas shifted their capital to Kausambi, so the answer is Kausambi.
★The Puranas say that the Ganga swept away Hastinapur.
★The Bharata king Nichakshu then abandoned the old city.
★He was a descendant of Janamejaya in the Pandava line.
★He settled at Kausambi and made it his new capital.
★The play Svapnavasavadatta, ascribed to Bhasa, supports this account.
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