Which of the options correctly represents the west-to-East location of the following Mahajanapadas?
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Koshala, Kuru, Videha, Panchala
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Kuru, Panchala, Koshala, Videha
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Kuru, Koshala, Panchala, Videha
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Koshala, Videha, Kuru, Panchala
Kuru is the western most mahajanapada and its capital was Indraprastha / Hastinapur / Isukara. It covered the modern Haryana and Delhi-Meerut-Ghaziabad region. Its eastern border was River Yamuna. Panchala is the second western mahajanapada east of Kuru, its capitals were Ahichhtra (Western Panchal) and Kampilya (eastern Panchala). It covered the modern day Rohilkhand division and Upper Gangetic Plains of today’s Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Koshala was east of Panchala, Its capital was Shravasti. Kosala was located in the Eastern Uttar Pradesh. It covers today’s districts Faizabad, Gonda, Bhahraich, etc. and was bordered by River Gomti on the West, River Sadaniva in the east, Nepal hills in the North and River Syandika in the South. Videha was the easternmost mahajanpada and it comes in the Vajji mahajanapada. Mithila (modern Janakpur in district of Tirhut) was the capital of Videha and became the predominant centre of the political and cultural activities of northern India. It was in the time of king Janaka that Videha came into prominence.