History · X-Factor Notes
Mahajanapadas and Rise of Magadha revision notes for UPPCS Prelims.
High-Yield Revision| Concept | What to remember | Asked in UPPCS |
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| Texts listing 16 Mahajanapadas | Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya and Jain text Bhagavati Sutra. | |
| Capital of Anga | Champa (modern Munger and Bhagalpur); annexed by Bimbisara into Magadha. | U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014 |
| Capital of Kuru | Indraprastha (areas of Meerut, Delhi, Thaneswar). | UPPCS (Pre) 2008 |
| Capital of Kosala | Saket. | UPPCS (Pre) 2008 |
| Capital of Vatsa | Kaushambi. | UPPCS (Pre) 2008 |
| Capital of Surasena | Mathura. | |
| Capital of Chedi | Suktimati or Sotthivati (modern Bundelkhand region). | UPPCS (Mains) 2011 |
| Capital of North Panchala | Ahichhatra. Capital of Southern Panchala was Kampilya. | UPPCS (Mains) 2006, UPPCS (Pre) 2008 |
| Configuration of ancient Shravasti | Crescentic form. | UPPCS (Pre) 2010 |
| Concept | What to remember | Asked in UPPCS |
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| First dynasty to rule Magadha (according to Puranas) | Brihadratha. | |
| Founder of Magadha Empire (Buddhist texts) | Bimbisara (Haryanka dynasty). | |
| Ruler who killed his father and was killed by his son (Haryanka Dynasty) | Ajatashatru |
| Founder of Pataliputra | Ajatashatru. |
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| Ruler who made Pataliputra the capital first | Udayin (shifted from Rajgriha). |
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| Chronological order of Magadhan dynasties | Haryankas (544-412 BC), Nandas (344-321 BC), Mauryas (321-184 BC), Sungas (184-75 BC). |
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| Dynasty after Nanda Dynasty | Maurya (Chandragupta Maurya defeated Dhananand). |
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| Famous physician Jivaka | Contemporary of Lord Buddha; associated with the court of Bimbisara. |
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