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The first Empire was established by which ruler in India?
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Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
None of the above
Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of –
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Bhasa
Vishakhadatta
Ashvaghosha
None of the above
Who recognized Sandrokottos as Chandra Gupta Maurya?
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William Jones
V. Smith
R. K. Mukherjee
None of the above
Kautilya's Arthashastra is a book on -:
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economic relations
principles and practice of statecraft
foreign policy
More than one of the above
Chandragupta’s palace situated at Pataliputra is mainly made up of –
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Bricks
Stones
Woods
None of the above
Who amongst the following Mauryan rulers did conquer the Deccan?
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Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara
None of the above
The Inscription which proves Chandragupta’s sway over western India is:
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Kalinga Rock Inscription
Girnar Rock Inscription of Ashoka
Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman
None of the above
Which one territory of the following was not a part of Ashoka’s empire?
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Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
Kalinga
None of the above
Language used in the inscriptions of Ashoka is?
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Sanskrit
Prakrit
Pali
None of the above
Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
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Brahmi
Nandanagari
Kharoshthi
None of the above
Who first deciphered the Brahmi script or Ashokan edicts?
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Robert Sebel
James Prinsep
Buhler
None of the above
The name by which Ashoka is referred to his inscriptions is
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Chakravarti
Dharmadeva
Priyadarshi
More than one of the above
Which one of the following edicts mentions the personal name of Ashoka?
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Bhabru Edict
Minor Rock Edict of Maski
Rummindei Pillar Inscription
None of the above
The only pillar on which Ashoka declares himself as the emperor of Magadha –
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Bhabru Edict
Minor Rock Edict of Maski
Rummindei Pillar Inscription
None of the above
Which Ashokan Rock Edict describes the victory and injuries of Kalinga war?
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Rock edict I
Rock edict XII
Rock edict XIII
None of the above
The central point in Ashoka's Dhamma is -:
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loyalty to the king
peace and non-violence
religious toleration
More than one of the above
Megasthenes was the ambassador of -:
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Seleucus
Alexander
Darius
None of the above
In how many categories did Megasthenes divide the Indian Society?
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Four
Five
Seven
Six
The division of Mauryan society into seven classes is particularly mentioned in -:
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Kautilya's Arthashastra
Ashokan edicts
the Indica of Megasthenes
None of the above
The description of the administration of Pataliputra is available in
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Divyanadan
Indica
Arthashastra
None of the above
What is the name of Megasthenes’ book?
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Purana
Indica
Arthashastra
None of the above
Who was the author of ‘Indica’?
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Vishnugupta
Megasthenes
Deimachus
None of the above
The most famous centre of learning during Mauryan period was
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Vaishali
Nalanda
Taxila
Patliputra
With reference to the cultural history of India, the memorizing of Chronicles, dynastic histories, and epic tales was the profession of who of the following?
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Parivraajaka
Magadha
Shramana
None of the above
The last Mauryan emperor was?
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Brihadratha
Nandi Vardhana
Avanti Verma
None of the above
Consider the following pairs (Site of Ashoka's major rock edicts - location)
