maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1

In which of the following edicts/inscriptions does Ashoka express his faith in the Buddhist creed?

a) Rummindei Inscription

b) Schism Edict

c) Kandahar Inscription

d) Bhabru Edict

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

In Maurya empire, province was known as

a) Ahar

b) Chakra

c) Mandal

d) Vishaya

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Which was the capital of Kanishka?

a) Purushapura

b) Mathura

c) Pataliputra

d) Gandhar

Answer: (a)

Kanishka was the king of the Kushan dynasty that ruled over the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and possibly regions north of Kashmir in Central Asia. His territory was administered from two capitals Purushapura (now Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan) and Mathura, in northern India.

Question : 4

Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

a) Pali

b) Kharoshti

c) Brahmi

d) Prakrit

Answer: (b)

The Kharosthi script is an ancient script used by the ancient Gandhara culture of South Asia primarily in modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. Kharosthi is mostly written right to left (type A), but some inscriptions (type B) already show the left to right direction that was to become universal for the later South Asian scripts.

Question : 5

The last Mauryan emperor was

a) Samprati

b) Kunal

c) Jalok

d) Brihadratha

Answer: (d)

Brihadratha Maurya was the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty. He ruled from 187–180 BC. He was killed by his senapati (commander-in-chief), Pushyamitra Sunga.

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