In the macroeconomic geography of the sixth century BCE, which prominent capital city of a Mahajanapada served as the strategic junction where the northern highway Uttarapatha intersected with the southern highway Dakshinapatha?

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Mathura was the capital of the Surasena Mahajanapada. Its extreme geopolitical and commercial importance stemmed from its location as a dual highway hub. Merchants traveling south from Taxila along the Uttarapatha and those moving toward the Deccan along the Dakshinapatha had to cross Mathura, transforming it into a supreme trading node.

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