Mauryan Empire - Study Mode

[#81] Chandragupta Maurya was born in
Correct Answer

(A) 340 BC

Explanation

Solution: Chandragupta Maurya was born in 340 BC in Pataliputra, in modern-day Bihar. His background is, however, uncertain. Some claim that he was born to a Nanda prince and his maid-servant, Mura, from the Shudra caste, while others state that he belonged to the Moriya tribe of Peacock-tamers.

[#82] Bindusara sent Ashoka to quell the rebellion in
Correct Answer

(B) Taxila

Explanation

Solution: The Mahavamsa suggests that Bindusara appointed his son Ashoka as the viceroy of Ujjayini. Ashokavadana states that Bindusara sent Ashoka to lay siege to Takshashila. The Emperor refused to provide any weapons or chariots for Ashoka's expedition.

[#83] Which one of the following is the principal source of information of Ashoka's campaign against Kalinga?
Correct Answer

(D) Rock Edict-XIII

Explanation

Solution: The rock edict XIII gives a clue that Kalinga was a country previously unconquered, thus Ashoka's declaration of war was that of unprovoked aggression. The Kalinga war witnessed terrible manslaughter and destruction. Asoka's victory in the Kalinga war followed by remorse. Victory of morality in India and among the Greeks (Yonas), as far as where the Greek kings Antiochus, Ptolemy, Antigonus, Magas and Alexander rule.

[#84] The Greeks were driven out of India by
Correct Answer

(A) Chandragupta Maurya

Explanation

Solution: And it is after Alexander's death in 323 BC., that Chandragupta is said to have put an end to the Greek rule in northwest India, returned to Magadha, killed the Nanda king, and proclaimed the Maurya dynasty in 322 BC.

[#85] Chandragupta Maurya was an ardent follower of __________
Correct Answer

(B) Jainism

Explanation

Solution: Chandragupta thereafter built one of the largest empires ever on the Indian subcontinent. According to Jain sources, he then renounced it all, and became a monk in the Jain tradition. Chandragupta is claimed, by the historic Jain texts, to have followed Jainism in his life, by first renouncing all his wealth and power, going away with Jaina monks into the Deccan region (now Karnataka), and ultimately performing Sallekhana - the Jain religious ritual of peacefully welcoming death by fasting.