Arrange the following Kuru-Panchala and neighbouring regions from east to west in terms of geographical location:
(A) Pataliputra
(B) Lumbini
(C) Ayodhya
(D) Indraprastha
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B), (C), (D)
These places are read from the map of the Kuru Panchala region and neighbouring areas. Going from east to west:
(A) Pataliputra — the easternmost of the four, on the Ganga in present-day Bihar.
(B) Lumbini — to the north-west of Pataliputra, in the Sakya area, where the Buddha was born.
(C) Ayodhya — a little to the west of Lumbini, in Koshala.
(D) Indraprastha — the westernmost, in the Kuru land on the Yamuna, near Hastinapura.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.2 The ideal of patriliny … At one level, the Mahabharata is a story about this. It describes a feud over land and power between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, who belonged to a single ruling family, that of the Kurus, a lineage dominating one of the janapadas (Chapter 2, Map 1). Ultimately, the conflict ended in a battle, in which the Pandavas emerged victorious.… …The Kuru Panchala region and neighbouring areas”
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