Mahajanapada

Vatsa (Kaushambi)

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Vatsa was a mahajanapada with its capital at Kaushambi on the Yamuna.

Vatsa lay along the Yamuna, with its capital at Kaushambi near present-day Prayagraj.

Its king Udayana is a hero of later Sanskrit plays, and he was a contemporary of the Buddha.

Kaushambi excavations reveal fortifications, and an Ashokan pillar from here is now at the Allahabad fort.

It was one of the sixteen mahajanapadas.

It was a key stop on the trade routes linking the Gangetic plain to central India.

The Buddha visited Kaushambi, and the Ghositarama monastery was built here.

Kaushambi is now a district of Uttar Pradesh.

Asked in capital-matching questions.

On the Yamuna.

Mahajanapadas are asked with their capitals and present-day regions; positions are approximate.

UPSC Prelims 1997 · Q85The following map shows four of the sixteen mahajanapadas that existed in ancient India. The places marked A, B, C and D respectively are…

Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Vatsa (Kaushambi).

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