Mahajanapadas and Rise of Magadha practice question for Railways, SSC, UPSC. Select an option to check your answer, read the explanation and continue practicing.
Which of the sixteen Mahajanapadas was located south of the Vindhyas and is often identified with the Godavari region?
Correct Answerसही उत्तर
C. AssakaC. अस्सक
Explanationव्याख्या
Assaka, also written Ashmaka or Asmaka, is traditionally identified as the Mahajanapada located in the Deccan, around the Godavari region.
This makes it distinctive because most of the sixteen Mahajanapadas listed in early Buddhist literature were concentrated in northern and north-central India.
Its capital is commonly identified in traditional sources as Potana or Potali, though historical geography and textual spellings vary.
The presence of Assaka in the sixteen-state list demonstrates that political and commercial networks extended beyond the Gangetic plain.
The Godavari valley later became a major corridor connecting northern and southern India.
Gandhara lay in the northwest, Kuru in the Delhi-Haryana region, and Malla in the eastern Gangetic area.
In competitive examinations, Assaka is frequently asked as the only Mahajanapada situated south of the Vindhyan region in the conventional list.
अस्सक, जिसे अश्मक या अस्मक भी कहा जाता है, सामान्यतः गोदावरी क्षेत्र के आसपास स्थित दक्कनी महाजनपद माना जाता है। इसकी विशेषता यह है कि प्रारंभिक बौद्ध साहित्य में वर्णित अधिकांश 16 महाजनपद उत्तर और उत्तर-मध्य भारत में स्थित थे। इसकी राजधानी को परंपरागत स्रोतों में पोटन या पोटली जैसे नामों से जोड़ा जाता है, हालांकि अलग-अलग ग्रंथों में नाम और ऐतिहासिक भूगोल में कुछ भिन्नता मिलती है। 16 महाजनपदों की सूची में अस्सक की उपस्थिति से पता चलता है कि राजनीतिक और व्यापारिक संपर्क केवल गंगा के मैदान तक सीमित नहीं थे। गोदावरी घाटी बाद में उत्तर और दक्षिण भारत को जोड़ने वाला महत्वपूर्ण मार्ग बनी। गांधार उत्तर-पश्चिम में, कुरु दिल्ली-हरियाणा क्षेत्र में और मल्ल पूर्वी गंगा क्षेत्र में था। परीक्षा में अस्सक को प्रायः विंध्य के दक्षिण का प्रमुख महाजनपद पूछा जाता है।
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