Mauryan Empire - Study Mode

[#91] Chandra Gupta Maurya spent his last days here
Correct Answer

(D) Shravanabelagola

Explanation

Solution: During his last days Chandragupta accepted Jainsim and spent his last days at Sravanabelagola with Bhadrabahu.

[#92] Bindusara was the son of?
Correct Answer

(C) Chandragupta Maurya

Explanation

Solution: Bindusara was the second Mauryan emperor of India. He was the son of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta, and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka.

[#93] The rulers of which dynasty started the practice of granting tax-free villages to Brahmanas and Buddhist Monks?
Correct Answer

(A) Satavahanas

Explanation

Solution: The Satavahanas started the practice of granting tax-free villages to brahmanas and Buddhist monks. The cultivated fields and villages granted to them were declared free from intrusion by royal policemen, soldiers, and other royal officers. These areas therefore became small independent islands within the Satavahana kingdom.

[#94] Which one of the following was not a characteristic of society in Mauryan times?
Correct Answer

(D) Widow remarriage

Explanation

Solution: Although societies frowned on remarriage, widow remarriage was not unusual when the women's surviving family was not able to support her and her children or did not have a male of sufficient age to ensure the family's future.

[#95] The Greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was
Correct Answer

(C) Kanishka

Explanation

Solution: Kanishka was a great patron of the Buddhist faith
Buddhism spread to Central Asia and the Far East across Bactria and Sogdia, where his empire met the Han Empire of China. King Kanishka was greatly influenced by the knowledge, teachings and personality of the Buddhist scholar Asvaghosha so, he decided to embrace Buddhism in later days of his life. He even accepted the Mahayana sect of Buddhism as his state religion.