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Ancient History MCQs 9 - Maurya Dynasty
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Q . Who was known as ‘Amitraghata’?
Ans - C ( Bindusara ).
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Q . The Mauryan ruler who used the name 'Piyadasi' in his official declarations was
Ans - D ( Ashoka ).
In various rock edicts, King Ashoka was referred to as ‘Devanam Piyadasi’.
Maski edict found in the Raichur district of the state of Karnataka was the first edict of Emperor Ashoka that contained the name ‘Asoka’ in it instead of the earlier edicts that referred to him as ‘Devanampiya’ or ‘Piyadasi’.
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Q . Who was Megasthenes?
Ans - C ( Ambassador of Seleucus ).
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Q . Chandragupta Maurya defeated
Ans - A (Seleucus ).
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Q . Lion capital used in currency notes was discovered from:
Ans - B (Sarnath ).
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Q . During Ashoka's reign, ‘Dhammamahamatras’ were ?
Ans - D (Officers appointed to supervise the spread of Dhamma ).
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Q . Which among the following rock edicts mention about Ashoka’s victory over Kalinga ?
Ans - D ( Major Rock Edict XIII ).
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Q . Ashokan inscriptions found in northern india were mainly composed in:
Ans - B ( Prakrit ).
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Q . Who among the following said 'All men are my Children' and just as I desire happiness in those worlds and the next, so also I desire for all men?
Ans - B ( Ashoka ).
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Q . The decline of the Nandas at the hands of Kautilya and Chandragupta Maurya has been vividly portrayed in the Sanskrit Play
Ans - B ( Mudrarakshasa ).
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