KBC Offline Quiz (November 22, 2021): A Janapadin was the ___of Janapada?

Servant

Minister

Army General

Ruler

Answer: Ruler

A Janapadian
was the ruler of a Janapada. Some Janapadas became more important and were
called mahajanapadas having fortified capital cities. Fortification might be
solely for the purpose of protection from other rulers or maybe just a show of
power and the riches of the city. The people living inside the fortified
capitals could be controlled more easily by the Janapadian.

These Janapadian maintained armies and the soldiers were paid regular salaries.
The rulers needed more resources and money for the maintenance of the forts and
armies, so they started collecting regular taxes.

As described
by the Vedic literature, there were 9 Janapadas, however by the sixth century
B.C. Panini described 22 Janapadas out of which the most important ones are
Magadha, Avanti, Kosala and Vatsa.

 Janapada
literally means the land where ‘jana’ or peasants set their ‘pada’ means foot
and settled down. Many settlements were excavated by archaeologists such as
Hastinapur near Meerut, and Atranjikhera, near Etah, etc. It was found that
people lived in huts like home and kept cattle and many other animals.

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