Which Magadhan ruler founded the city of Pataliputra as a fort at the confluence of the Ganga and the Son?
- A.Bimbisara
- B.Ajatashatru
- C.Udayin
- D.Shishunaga
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Udayin. Udayin, also called Udayabhadra, was the son of Ajatashatru and the ruler of the Haryanka dynasty who built a fort at the meeting point of the Ganga and the Son and shifted the Magadhan capital there from Rajagriha. The fort grew into Pataliputra, which remained the capital under the Nandas, the Mauryas and later the Imperial Guptas, and is today's Patna. A, Bimbisara ruled from Rajagriha, also called Girivraja, and expanded Magadha by marriage alliances and by annexing Anga. B, Ajatashatru fought the Lichchhavis of Vaishali and is linked with the fortification of Rajagriha, not with founding Pataliputra. D, Shishunaga founded the dynasty that followed the Haryankas and destroyed the power of Avanti; tradition places his capital at Vaishali. The chain Rajagriha, then Pataliputra, then Vaishali and back to Pataliputra is the sequence examiners test.
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