Answer: 1 True, 2 False, 3 False, 4 False, 5 False
Who were the groups who could not participate in the assemblies of the ganas?
Answer: Women, shudras and kammakaras were not allowed to participate in the assemblies of the ganas.
Why did the rajas of mahajanapadas build forts?
Answer: Building a fort served many purposes. Some of them are as follows:
In what ways are present-day elections different from the ways in which rulers were chosen in janapadas?
Answer: In modern days; rulers are chosen through popular vote. But in the janapadas, a ruler was not chosen rather a person was supposed to show his supremacy to become the ruler. To do so, the raja had to perform the ashwadeha yajna so that other rajas in the mahanjanapada would accept his supremacy.
Which yajna was performed by a raja who wished to control a larger territory?
Answer: Ashwamedha yajna
What was the main role of the priests?
Answer: Teaching and reading the Vedas and performing yajnas.
Who was responsible for safety and security of people in a mahajanapada?
Answer: The raja
Which modern city eventually became the capital of Magadha?
Answer: Patna
What were the two important changes in agriculture around 2500 years ago?
Answer: Two important changes in agriculture (around 2500 years ago) are as follows:
Why did the raja need to collect taxes?
Answer: Building a fort and maintaining an army involved lot of money. Taxes were the most ideal means to collect a large sum of money on a regular basis. So, the raja needed to collect taxes.
Who were the largest contributors towards taxes in a mahajanapada? Tax was collected from them in which form?
Answer: Since the main occupation was agriculture, hence farmers were the largest contributors towards taxes. One-sixth of the farm produce was collected as tax. This was known as bhaga or share.
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