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Questions : Who among the following performed Asvamedha sacrifice?
  1. Pushyamitra sunga
  2. Samudragupta
  3. Pravarsena I
  4. Pulakesin I
Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 1, 2 and 3

(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(d) 1 only

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

Pusyamitra Sunga is said to have performed the Ashvamedha rite after he toppled Mauryan rule in 185 BC. A historically documented performance of the Ashvamedha is during the reign of Samudragupta I (died 380), the father of Chandragupta II. Special coins were minted to commemorate the Ashvamedha and the king took on the title of Maharajadhiraja after successful completion of the sacrifice.

Vakataka Dynasty 3rd (Century -5th Century AD) was founded by Vindhyashakti.

Pravarasena I was the real founder of the Vakataka empire. He performed four Asvamedha Yajnas. Pulakesin I was a monarch from the Chalukya dynasty in the western Deccan region. Pulakesin performed sacrifices like Asvamedha, Hiranyagarbha, Agnistoma, Vajapeya, Bahusuvarna and Paundarika.

These details are provided by his Badami Cliff inscription dated Saka 565 (543 CE).

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Question : 1

Which of the following public health measures was not punishable under the Mauryan public health laws?

a) Treating patients and selling herbs and drugs without securing registration

b) Throwing dirt, mud or dead bodies on public thoroughfares

c) Taking the dead bodies for cremation or burial along paths not meant for the purpose

d) Polluting the water tanks or sources of water

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

Charaka was the famous court physician of

a) Chandragupta

b) Kanishka

c) Pushyamitra

d) Ashoka

Answer: (a)

Charaka was an Ayurvedic physician lived in the period between the third and second Centuries BC. He was the court physician of the Buddhist king Kanishka.

Question : 3

Information in respect of which of the following cannot be obtained from the edicts and inscriptions of Ashoka?

a) The social, religious and economic life of the people of his time

b) The sectarian and communal conflict of the period

c) Administrative reforms introduced by Ashoka

d) Working of the inner mind of Ashoka

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

Who built the city of Shrinagar in Kashmir?

a) Ashoka

b) Porus

c) Chandragupta Maurya

d) Kanishka

Answer: (a)

Srinagar was founded more than 2000 years ago, around the 3rd century BC, by King Pravarasena. It soon became part of the Mauryan Empire, one of the largest empires in India at the time.

The ruling Mauryan emperor Ashoka built the city of Srinagari (Srinagar).

Question : 5

Match list ‘A’ with the list ‘B’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

List ‘A’ List ‘B’
1. The Kushanas A. The restorer of varnashrama-dharma
2. The Satavahanas B. First inscription in chaste Sanskrit
3. The Sakas C. Visit of St. Thomas (western)
4. Parthians D. Largest number of copper coins
Codes: 1 2 3 4

a) D A B C

b) D A C B

c) A B D C

d) A B C D

Answer: (a)

Question : 6

Which of the following dynasties related to maximum pure gold coins?

a) Satavahana

b) Sunga

c) Kushana

d) Gupta

Answer: (c)

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