History · From State to Empire
UGC NET June 2024 History (Cancelled)
Which of the following is not a Mahajanapada?
AKuru
BAnga
CVanga
DChera ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Chera — The answer is Chera, which was not a Mahajanapada.
Explanation
★The answer is Chera, which was not a Mahajanapada.
★Before the rise of Gautama Buddha, North India was divided into sixteen large states.
★These are listed in the Buddhist Anguttara Nikaya and the Jain Bhagavati Sutra.
★Kuru and Anga were among these sixteen Mahajanapadas.
★Vanga too appears in the Jain list of great states.
★Chera was a kingdom of the Sangam age in the far south, not a Mahajanapada.
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