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 following correctly matches the ruler with the kingdom?
Correct Answerसही उत्तर
A. Prasenajit — KosalaA. प्रसेनजित — कोसल
Explanationव्याख्या
Prasenajit is correctly matched with Kosala.
Known as Pasenadi in Pali Buddhist sources, he was a prominent contemporary of Gautama Buddha.
The other pairs are incorrect.
Pradyota was associated with Avanti, not Magadha.
Udayana was the celebrated ruler of Vatsa, centred at Kaushambi, not Gandhara.
Bimbisara was a Haryanka ruler of Magadha, not Avanti.
These four rulers are useful for understanding the interstate political environment of the sixth-fifth centuries BCE, when Magadha, Kosala, Vatsa and Avanti were among the strongest monarchies.
A compact memory set is: Magadha—Bimbisara
Ajatashatru; Kosala—Prasenajit; Vatsa—Udayana; Avanti—Pradyota.
प्रसेनजित—कोसल सही युग्म है। पालि बौद्ध स्रोतों में उन्हें पसेनदि कहा गया है और वे गौतम बुद्ध के प्रमुख समकालीन शासकों में थे। अन्य युग्म गलत हैं। प्रद्योत अवंति का शासक था, मगध का नहीं। उदयन वत्स का प्रसिद्ध राजा था और उसका केंद्र कौशांबी था, गांधार नहीं। बिंबिसार हर्यंक वंश का मगध शासक था, अवंति का नहीं। ये चार शासक छठी-पाँचवीं शताब्दी ईसा पूर्व के राजनीतिक शक्ति-संघर्ष को समझने के लिए महत्वपूर्ण हैं। याद रखें: मगध—बिंबिसार/अजातशत्रु; कोसल—प्रसेनजित; वत्स—उदयन; अवंति—प्रद्योत।
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