maurya & post mauryan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 16

Who of the following had issued gold coins for the first time?

a) Kanishka

b) Kujula Kadphises

c) Vima Kadphises

d) Huvishka

Answer: (c)

Vima Kadphises was the Kushan emperor to first introduce gold coinage, in addition to the existing copper and silver coinage. The gold weight standard of approximately eight grams.

Question : 17

The Greek envoy Heliodorus of the Besnagar inscription was sent by the Indo-Greek ruler

a) Antialcidas

b) Demetrius

c) Menander

d) Agathocles

Answer: (a)

An important Prakrit inscription at Besnagar of the late 2nd century BCE, inscribed at the instance of Heliodorus, a Greek envoy of Indo-Greek ruler Antialcidas to the court of the Sunga king Bhagabhadra.

Question : 18

Who of the Jain saints is associated with Chandragupta Maurya?

a) Haribhadra

b) Umaswami

c) Sthulbhadra

d) Bhadrabahu

Answer: (d)

It is believed that Chandragupta Maurya adopted Jainism and became an ascetic under the Jain saint Bhadrabahu and migrated south with him. He ended his life at Sravanabelgola in present day Karnataka by Jainism custom Santhara (death by fasting).

Question : 19

Which of the following were called Sarthavaha?

a) Money lenders

b) Brokers

c) Carvan of traders

d) Pilgrims

Answer: (c)

Proper rules of conduct of trade were laid by the head of trade guilds, known as Sarthavaha or Srenipramukha. The rules were called Samay and Srenidharma. Taxila, Pushkalavati, Kapisa and Vidisha prospered as trade centres, under the IndoGreek rulers.

Question : 20

Pushyamitra Shunga, who was originally a Senapati of the Mauryan empire and assassinated the last Mauryan Emperor Brihadrath in 185 BC was a ____.

a) Shudra

b) Brahaman

c) Vaishya

d) Kshatriya

Answer: (b)

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