maurya & post mauryan period MCQ set 7 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

Prakrit is a language of ancient and medieval India which is the ancestor of Marathi, Konkani, Sinhala and Maldivian. It was used in numerous works of literature and its literary use was made famous by the Sanskrit playwright Kalidasa.

Prakrit was commonly spoken until AD 875 and was the official language of the Satavahana dynasty.

Answer: (a)

The Chedis were the original inhabitants of Maddhyadesa. Chedis are known from the Hatigumpha Pillar inscription. According to this inscription, Mahameghavahana, a member of the Chedi clan founded the Chedi dynasty. Kharvela was the famed king of Chedi dynasty.

Answer: (a)

The Satavahana kings mostly used lead as the material for their coins. Next to lead they used an alloy of silver and copper, called ‘potin’. Most of the Satavahana coins have on one side the figure of an elephant, horse, lion or Chaitya. The other side shows the so-called Ujjain symbol – a cross with four circles at the end of the two crossing lines.

Answer: (c)

Bindusara is said to have conquered the Deccan up to Mysore. Taranatha, the Tibetan monk states that Bindusara conquered 16 states comprising ‘the land between the two seas’. The Sangam Tamil literature also confirms the Mauryan invasion of the far south.

Therefore, it can be said that the Mauryan Empire under Bindusara extended up to Mysore. Bindusara received Deimachus as ambassador from the Syrian king Antiochus I. Bindusara wrote to Antiochus I asking for sweet wine, dried figs and a sophist.

The latter sent all but a sophist because the Greek law prohibited sending a sophist. Bindusara supported the Ajivikas, a religious sect. Bindusara appointed his son Asoka as the governor of Ujjain.