Vital Villages, Thriving Towns — Social Studies STD 6 — Question

It was an important city because it was located at the crossroads of two major routes of travel and trade. Northwest to East and from North to South. There were fortifications around the city and several shrines. Mathura was also a center where some extremely fine sculpture was produced.
Around 2000 years ago Mathura became the second capital of the Kushanas. Mathura was also a religious centre. There were Buddhist monasteries, Jaina shrines and it was an importan centre for the worship of Krishna.