Consider the statements related to Magadha between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. Which of the following statements are correct?

(A) Magadha was an agriculturally productive region.
(B) Ujjain was the capital of Magadha.
(C) Bimbisara, Ajatsattu and Mahapadma Nanda were the kings of this region.
(D) Horses were found in the forests of this region.
(E) Magadha is the present-day Uttar Pradesh.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C) Only

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C) Only

GIVEN STATEMENTS:

(A) Magadha was an agriculturally productive region. (correct)
(B) Ujjain was the capital of Magadha. (incorrect)
(C) Bimbisara, Ajatsattu and Mahapadma Nanda were the kings of this region. (correct)
(D) Horses were found in the forests of this region. (incorrect)
(E) Magadha is the present-day Uttar Pradesh. (incorrect)

Correction:

(B) Rajagaha not Ujjain was the capital of Magadha.
(D) ELEPHANTS were found in the forests of this region.
(E) Magadha is the present-day Bihar not Uttar Pradesh.

Between the sixth and the fourth centuries BCE, Magadha (in present-day Bihar) became the most powerful mahajanapada. Modern historians explain this development in a variety of ways: Magadha was a region where agriculture was especially productive. Besides, iron mines (in present-day Jharkhand) were accessible and provided resources for tools and weapons. Elephants, an important component of the army, were found in forests in the region. Also, the Ganga and its tributaries provided a means of cheap and convenient communication. However, early Buddhist and Jaina writers who wrote about Magadha attributed its power to the policies of individuals: ruthlessly ambitious kings of whom Bimbisara, Ajatasattu and Mahapadma Nanda are the best known, and their ministers, who helped implement their policies. Initially, Rajagaha (the Prakrit name for present day 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. Later, in the fourth century BCE, the capital was shifted to Pataliputra, present-day Patna, commanding routes of communication along the Ganga.