Q. Consider the following statements regarding the “Mahajanapadas”:
1.It was known as the era of second urbanization.
2.The centre of economic and political activity was shifted from Northwest India to eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Explanation: The sixth century BCE is known as an era of ‘Second Urbanization’ in the Indian Subcontinent.
- After the decline of the Harappan towns and after a gap of more than a thousand years, urban centres emerged again but not in the Indus plain.
- The centre of economic and political activity shifted from the North-West, Punjab, Haryana, and Western UP, to Eastern UP and Bihar (Ganga Basin).
Source: poonam Dahiya
