maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 26

Who of the following was known as Amitrochates?

a) Ashoka

b) Chandragupta Maurya

c) Bindusar

d) Kautilya

Answer: (c)

Bindusara was the son of the first Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. The Greeks called him Amitrochates or Allitrochades.

Question : 27

Which of the following inscriptions of the time of Kanishka indicates that his empire was extended up to Champa in the east?

a) Rabatak inscription

b) Sarnath inscription

c) Saheth-maheth inscription

d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

The Rabatak inscription is an inscription written on a rock in the Bactrian language and the Greek script, which was found in 1993 at the site of Rabatak, near Surkh Kotal in Afghanistan. The inscription relates to the rule of the Kushan emperor Kanishka. He expanded the Kushan empire into the northwest of the Indian subcontinent.

Question : 28

After the Mauryas, the most important kingdom in deccan and central India was

a) Pallava

b) Vakataka

c) Satavahana

d) Cholas

Answer: (c)

Question : 29

What was the subject of Rock Edict I issued by Ashoka?

a) Visit to Bodh-Gaya

b) Prohibition of animal sacrifice and festive meetings (samaja)

c) Liberality to Brahmins and Sramanas

d) Measures of social welfare undertaken for the benefit of the people

Answer: (b)

Question : 30

The first Indian ruler to be shown in images as wearing a dress akin to trousers is

a) Samudragupta

b) Chandragupta

c) Kanishka

d) Ashoka

Answer: (c)

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