Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Suvarnagiri | (I) | Initial capital of Magadha |
| (B) | Rajagaha | (II) | Provincial centres during Mauryas |
| (C) | Taxila and Ujjayini | (III) | Goldmines of Karnataka |
| (D) | Gujarat | (IV) | Sudarshana Lake |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(A) Suvarnagiri — this matches (III) Goldmines of Karnataka. Suvarnagiri, literally ‘the golden mountain’, was one of the provincial centres of the Mauryan Empire and was possibly important for tapping the gold mines of Karnataka.
(B) Rajagaha — this matches (I) Initial capital of Magadha. Initially, Rajagaha (present-day Rajgir in Bihar) was the capital of Magadha; in the fourth century BCE the capital was shifted to Pataliputra.
(C) Taxila and Ujjayini — this matches (II) Provincial centres during Mauryas. The empire had five major political centres: the capital Pataliputra and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvarnagiri. Taxila and Ujjayini lay on important long-distance trade routes.
(D) Gujarat — this matches (IV) Sudarshana Lake. The Sudarshana (beautiful) lake in Gujarat was an artificial reservoir built by a local governor during the rule of the Mauryas; the Shaka ruler Rudradaman later claimed to have got it repaired.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 First amongst the sixteen: Magadha … Initially, Rajagaha (the Prakrit name for presentday Rajgir in Bihar) was the capital of Magadha. Interestingly, the old name means ‘house of the king’. Rajagaha was a fortified settlement, located amongst hills.… 3.2 Administering the empire … There were five major political centres in the empire – the capital Pataliputra and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvarnagiri, all mentioned in Asokan inscriptions.… 3.2 Administering the empire … These centres were carefully chosen, both Taxila and Ujjayini being situated on important long-distance trade routes, while Suvarnagiri (literally, the golden mountain) was possibly important for tapping the gold mines of Karnataka.…”
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