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The word janapada literally means the land where the:

ARiver meets the sea
BPriests performed yajna
CJana set its foot
DKing built a fort
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Jana set its foot
1. Rajas of big sacrifices became rajas of janapadas. 2. Janapada is where the jana set its foot and settled. 3. Some later became mahajanapadas. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 5, Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic._
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