Which of the following Mahajanpadas supplied men and materials to the Persian army fighting against the Greeks?

The correct answer is Gandhara.Key Points

• Gandhara was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas which existed in ancient India from the 6th to 4th century BCE.
• Gandhara, a historical region in what is now northwestern Pakistan, corresponds to the Vale of Peshawar and has extensions into the lower valleys of the Kābul and Swāt rivers.
• It supplied men and materials to the Persian army fighting against the Greeks.
• During the Achaemenid period and Hellenistic period, its capital city was Pushkalavati.
•  Later the capital city was moved to Peshawar by the Kushan emperor Kanishka the Great in about 127 AD.
• Gandhara is mentioned in the Hindu epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, as a Western kingdom.

Kamboja

• The capital of Kamboj is Poonch.
• It is situated in present-day Kashmir and Hindukush.
• Several literary sources mention that Kamboja was a republic.

Magadha

• Magadha finds mention in the Atharva Veda which conveys that Magadha was semi-Brahmanical habitation.
• It was located in present-day Bihar close to Anga, divided by river Champa.
• Later, Magadha became a centre of Jainism and the first Buddhist Council was held in Rajagriha.

Vatsa

• Vatsa is also known as Vamsa, its capital being Kausambi.
• This Mahajanapada followed the monarchical form of governance.
• Vatsa was located around present-day Allahabad.