Mathura ● An important settlement for more than 2500 years. ● It was located at the cross roads of two major routes of travel and trade: So, statement 1 is correct. ◦ From the Northwest to the East. ◦ From North to South. ● There were fortifications around the city . ● Farmers and herders from adjoining areas provided food for people in the city. ● A center of production of some extremely fine sculptures . ● It was the second capital of the Kushanas . So, statement 2 is correct. ● It was also a religious center . ◦ Buddhist monasteries. ◦ Jaina shrines. Important center of Krishna worship.