maurya & post mauryan period MCQ set 5 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the northern Indian subcontinent, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in the 3rd century BC. The pillars, listed with crowning animal sculptures and the edicts inscribed, are as follows:

• Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, four lions, Pillar Inscription, Schism Edict
• Sanchi, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, four lions, Schism Edict
• KolhuaVaishali, Bihar, single lion, with no inscription
• Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar, single lion, Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI

Answer: (c)

Ashoka built the Sarnath pillar to commemorate the site of the first preaching of Lord Buddha, where he taught the Dharma to five monks. The Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath is about 15.24 m in height and weighs 50 tons. The four-lion sculpture placed on top of this pillar is now treasured in the Archaeological Museum of Sarnath.

Answer: (b)

Pliny the Elder, in 77 CE, called “Rome is being drained of its treasure by trading with India” because Roman senators complained that their women used too many Indian spices and luxuries, which drained the Roman Empire of precious metal like gold.

Answer: (b)

Chandragupta Maurya stretched his empire from Karnataka to Afghanistan and from the river Indus to Bengal. He attacked the Greek Governor of Punjab, Seleucus Nikator and defeated him. There was subsequently a treaty between the two whereby, Seleucus ceded Punjab and Sindh to Chandragupta and also gave his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta.