Jharkhand PSC Prelim Exam 15-Dec-2013 Solved Paper

The capital of Surasena mahajanpada was Mathura. In Mhabharata and Puran, the rulers of Mathura were called Yaduvanshis. The ancient Greek writers called this state Shursenai and Mathura was called Mothera. During the age of Buddha, the ruler of this place was Avantiputra who was a disciple of Buddha. Vajji union was a union of 8 states (Videha, Vajji, Licchavi, Gyatrik, Kundgram, Ugra, Bhoga, Ikshavu, Kaurav). The capital of Vatsa was Kaushambi and the capital of Kashi was Varanasi.