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Why do you think the Ikshvaka rulers married into the families of local chiefs and village headmen?

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There were no women in the Ikshvaka kingdom.
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They wanted to increase the population of their kingdom.
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They wanted to travel to new places.
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They wanted to become a larger and greater power with the support of such leaders.
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The correct option is D They wanted to become a larger and greater power with the support of such leaders.
Intermarrying the family members of village headmen or small chiefs was a strategy used by the Ikshvaku rulers to consolidate their power as a large kingdom.

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