Kamboja and Gandhara formed which satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire?
AThe first and poorest
BThe twentieth and richest
CThe tenth and smallest
DThe fifth and newest
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The twentieth and richest
1. The Persians took the north-west during the reign of Cyrus II or Darius.
2. Kamboja and Gandhara formed the twentieth satrapy.
3. It was the richest, so the options calling it poor or small are wrong.
_Source: Wikipedia, Mahajanapadas, section Kamboja_
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