Multiple choice

There were five major political centres in the Mauryan empire. Which of the following was not one of the powerful provincial political centres of the Mauryan Empire?

  1. Taxila

  2. Ujjayani

  3. Tosali

  4. Rajagaha

  5. Suvarnagiri
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as Rajagaha was the capital of Magadha in the sixth and fifth centuries. But later in fourth century, Patiliputra became the capital and Rajagaha was not one of the other four provincial political capitals of the Mauryan Empire.

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