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

Answer: (c)

Satavahana dynasty ruled from Pune in Maharastra to Coastal Andhra Pradesh in the 2nd century BC onwards. Satakarni I was the first Satavahana King to introduce the ruler’s head on the coins. The coins issued by Satavahanas had bilingual legends. The name of the Kings was mentioned in Prakrit as well as some south Indian language.

Answer: (c)

Chandragupta, the founder of the Mauryan Empire was not only a great warrior but also an able administrator. He set up a sound and efficient system of administration in his vast empire. There was a municipal committee of 30 members to look after the affairs of the city. They looked after public buildings, water supply, sanitation, roads, gardens, hospitals, schools, temples and other works of public utility.

Answer: (c)

The Vakataka emperor Pravarasena I performed four Asvamedha Yajnas. Vakataka dynasty was the most important after the fall of Satavahanas and before the rise of Chalukyas they ruled in modern Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. They were contemporary of Guptas.

The dynasty was founded by Vindhyashakti but Pravarasena I was the real founder of Vakataka empire.

Answer: (a)

• In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, Chandragupta is known as Sandrocottus and Androcottus. He became well known in the Hellenistic world for conquering Alexander the Great's easternmost satrapies, and for defeating the most powerful of Alexander's successors, Seleucus I Nicator, in battle.
• Bindusara Maurya (c. 320 BC – 272 BC) was emperor of the Maurya Empire from 298 BC – 272 BC. During his reign, the empire expanded southwards. The Greeks called him Amitrochates or Allitrochades – the Greek transliteration for the Sanskrit word 'Amitraghata' (Slayer of enemies).
• In the third century B.C., King Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty supported and protected Buddhism and erected stupas and stone pillars at sites associated with Shakyamuni Buddha.
• Dasaratha is known to have dedicated three caves in the Nagarjuni Hills to the Ajivikas. Three inscriptions at the cave refer to him as ‘Devanampiya Dasaratha’

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)