Maurya Dynasty
SSC Exams
⬥ A Sinhalese ( Sri Lankan ) account which was an important literary source of the Maurya Empire - Mahavansha
⬥ The Maurya king who adopted Buddhism and its non-violent principles after the Kalinga war - Ashoka
⬥ Maurya Raja who fasted unto death at Shravanabelagola and died , chandragupta maurya
⬥ The foundation of Sanchi Stupa was laid in - By Ashok
⬥ In the Maurya Empire, the head of the revenue department was called - Capstan
⬥ The last Mauryan ruler Brihadrath was murdered – by Pushyamitra Shunga
⬥ In the Mauryan administration the army was looked after by a war office which consisted of - 30 members
⬥ The name of the Magadha emperor who made Ang a part of his empire is - Bimbisara
⬥ Kalinga war was fought during whose reign - Ashoka
⬥ The Greek ruler who sent Megasthenes to the court of Chandragupta Maurya was - Seleucus Nicator
⬥ The capital of the Maurya Empire was - Pataliputra
⬥ The last king ( ruler ) of the Maurya Empire was - Brihadrath
⬥ Emperor Ashoka was the son - Of Bindusara
⬥ During the reign of Ashoka the provincial capital was - Takshila and Ujjain
⬥ Slaves were workers such as men and women who did not own land - In the post-Mauryan period
⬥ According to Megasthenes there were gates in Pataliputra - sixty four
⬥ The founder of Maurya Empire was - Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ The Maurya king who gave up victory after winning the war - Ashoka
⬥ Mauryan emperor Ashoka died - in 232 BC
The great stupa of Sanchi was built
⬥ The concept of Dhamma was popularized by - By Ashok
⬥ Ashoka conquered the neckline , in the eighth year of his reign
⬥ The Maurya ruler was the pioneer of propagation of Buddhist Dhamma - Ashoka
⬥ It is on the top of the Ashoka Pillar of Rampurva - Statue of a Bull
⬥ East - Maurya Magadh is the ruling dynasty , Haryanka dynasty , Shishunaga dynasty , Nanda dynasty
⬥ The book Indica was written , By Megasthenes
⬥ According to the writings of Megasthenes, there are 64 gates and 570 towers - In the city of Pataliputra
⬥ According to Megasthenes, he was in the army of Maurya Empire - 6 lakh infantry soldiers
⬥ According to Megasthenes , the army of the Maurya Empire consisted of -130,000 cavalry
⬥ According to Megasthenes the army of the Maurya Empire consisted of - 9000 elephants
⬥ Ashoka has mentioned his visit to Bodh Gaya ( Bodhi Tree ) and Dhamma Yatra , In Major Rock Edict VIII
⬥ The titles ' Devanampiya ' and ' Piyadassi ' were adopted by which king - Ashoka
⬥ During whose reign was the Sudarshan lake built in Gujarat - During the reign of the Mauryas
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( Note : - Ashoka's Minor Inscriptions - Bahapur , Barayat , Bhabru , Siddpur , Brahmagiri , Nittur , Rajula Mandagiri , Udeg , Gavimath , Palkigundu , Jatinga Rameshwar , Siddpur , Maski ) |
⬥ Buddhist texts are mentioned in Ashoka's inscriptions — In the Bhabru ( Bhabru ) inscription
⬥ Ashoka is mentioned as Priyadarshi - In the Bhabru inscription
⬥ Ashoka tried to keep his empire united - By propagating the Dhamma
⬥ The first Mahabodhi temple was built in Bodh Gaya ( Bihar ) - By Ashok
⬥ The tax paid by farmers during the Maurya Empire was called - Pindkar
⬥ After a terrible famine in Bihar , Jain monk Bhadrabhahu and his disciples left , In Shravanabelagola ( Karnataka )
The number of pilgrimage places mentioned in Kautilya's ' Arthashastra ' is - Eighteen (18)
⬥ Tax assessment was the work of an officer called - Capstan
⬥ Ashoka sent his son ( Mahendra ) and daughter ( Sanghamitra ) to propagate the doctrine of Dhamma - Ceylon
⬥ Ashoka had given up fighting , After the Kalinga war
⬥ Greek ambassador Megasthenes was sent to the court – Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ Megasthenes was the ambassador , of Seleucus I Nicator
⬥ Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya defeated - To Seleucus Nicator
⬥ Helped Chandragupta Maurya in defeating the Nanda dynasty – Vishnugupta said
⬥ Ashoka achieved victory 8 years after his coronation - On Kalinga
⬥ Seven classes of Indian society have been mentioned in the book of Megasthenes - In Indica
⬥ In Maurya administration the commanding officer of the cavalry was - Horse Chief
⬥ Maurya Stambh top ( Lion top ) was established in - In Sarnath
⬥ Detailed description of administrative and military organization was given - In economics
⬥ Nagarjuna caves were donated - to the livelihood
⬥ Tosali , Ujjaini and Takshila were provincial centres - of the Magadha Empire
⬥ Ashoka abandoned the policy of physical acquisition - After the Kalinga war
⬥ The number of major political centers in the Maurya Empire was - five
⬥ Bindusara was called Amitraghat - by the Greeks
⬥ The city located at the southernmost end of the Maurya Empire is - Brahmagiri
⬥ The purpose of Ashoka's pillars was , to spread religious principles
⬥ The oldest rock - cut caves in India are - Barabar and Nagarjuni Caves
⬥ Qin Shi Huang ordered the construction of the Great Wall - around 221 BC
⬥ The emperors of China started the construction of the Great Wall -about 2400 years ago
⬥ The foundation of the Maurya Empire was laid - Chandragupta Mauryan
The Sunga dynasty was founded – By Pushyamitra
⬥ Ashoka had appointed to solve social problems - Dhamma Mahamatra
⬥ Most of Ashoka's inscriptions were written in - in Brahmi script
⬥ Many thoughts of Chanakya are written in a book named - Economics
⬥ The first Maurya ruler who tried to convey his message to the people through inscriptions - Ashoka
⬥ The name used by ancient travellers for the Indian subcontinent was - Swarnabhoomi
⬥ There was a war between Alexander and Porus - of the Hydaspes
⬥ Seleucus - In the Mauryan War, against which Mauryan ruler did Seleucus fight ? - Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ The last ruler of the Maurya dynasty was - Brihadrath
⬥ ' Kant Takshodhan ', a type of court was prevalent - In the Maurya Empire
⬥ Alexander Cunningham published a set of Ashoka's inscriptions - In 1877
⬥ The first scholar to decipher Ashoka's inscriptions was – James Prinsep
⬥ The first empire to use war elephants on a large scale in ancient India was - Magadha
⬥ ' Atvika Rajya ' was called - Forest Kingdom
Railway Exams
⬥ During the Mauryan period , Suvarnagiri was the centre of gold mining - Karnataka
⬥ Most of Ashoka's inscriptions were , In Prakrit language
⬥ The language of Ashoka's inscriptions which were found in the north - west of the subcontinent - were Aramaic and Greek
⬥ The number of major inscriptions of Ashoka is - 14
⬥ Which Maurya emperor had inscriptions engraved on rocks and pillars – Ashok said
⬥ Economics is credited to - To Kautilya
⬥ Sarnath Singh became the capital - from sandstone
⬥ Ashoka's Girnar inscriptions are located - In the state of Gujarat
⬥ An Ashokan micro-inscription site was discovered at Maski in Raichur district of Karnataka c . Beadon did -in 1915
Which is the Buddhist monument built by Emperor Ashoka in Madhya Pradesh - Sanchi Stupa
⬥ The play ' Mudrarakshasa ' has been written , By Visakhadatta
⬥ James Prinsep interpreted Ashoka's inscriptions - In 1837
⬥ The famous Buddhist structure , Dhamekh Stupa was originally constructed in - During the Maurya dynasty
⬥ During the reign of the Mauryas the historic Grand Trunk Road was called - Uttarapath
⬥ In Mauryan administration, Adhyakshas were mentioned as the superintendents of various departments. – Kautilya
⬥ There is a mention of Ashoka's conquest of Kalinga - In the 13th inscription
Police Exams
⬥ The ruler who defeated Dhanananda and established the Maurya dynasty - Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ The Maurya king who established a stronghold in the north - west Extended control to Afghanistan and Balochistan - Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ During the reign of Chandragupta Maurya , the administration of Pataliputra ( the capital of the Mauryas ) was managed by By six committees
⬥ The lower part of the Dhamekh Stupa located in Sarnath is covered - Carved from stone
⬥ Dhamekh Stupa was built - By Ashok
⬥ During the reign of Ashoka, the capital of the North - Western Province was - Taxila
⬥ Under the Mauryas, the portion of the selling price collected as tax was - One tenth
⬥ Chanakya received his education from , In Taxila ( Pakistan )
⬥ In Maurya administration the revenue collection officer was called - Capstan
⬥ Sanchi Stupa was built , During the Mauryan period
⬥ Kandhar bilingual inscription was written in two languages - Greek and Aramaic
⬥ The first all-India empire was - Maurya Empire
⬥ From 6th century B.C. , punch marked coins were made - Silver and copper
⬥ Ashoka was the grandson – Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ Chanakya was a guru - of Emperor Ashoka
Chanakya was the prime minister , during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya
Sanchi is known for - also known as the Great Stupa
⬥ The book ' The Great Tang Dynasty Record on the Western Regions ' was written in – By Hieun Tsang
⬥ Ashoka's Kandhar inscription was discovered in - In the year 1958
⬥ Maurya dynasty ruled Magadh , After the Nanda dynasty
⬥ Yatra wage was a tax levied on pilgrims - In the Maurya Empire
⬥ Brihadratha ( the last Maurya ruler ) was murdered – Pushyamitra Shunga
⬥ In Mauryan administration the collector of customs and tax was called - Fee Chief
⬥ The famous Buddhist Sanchi Stupa was originally built in - By Ashok
⬥ Ashoka's inscriptions were written in the northwestern part of the empire - in Kharosthi script
⬥ Sanchi Stupa is located – In Madhya Pradesh
⬥ Sisupalgarh has prehistoric cave architecture - In the state of Orissa
⬥ What was the name of the commander of Alexander who was defeated by Chandragupta Maurya after the death of Alexander? - Seleucus Nicator
⬥ Heliodorus came to the court as an ambassador during the 2nd century BCE - Of Bhagbhadra
⬥ Was the capital of the Eastern India province of the Maurya Empire - Tosali
⬥ Sanchi Stupa was discovered in 1818 – By Sir Henry Taylor
⬥ There is an inscription in Hathi Gumpha cave , of King Kharavela
⬥ According to Megasthenes, society was divided during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya - In 7 castes
⬥ ' Sitaadhyaksha ' was the officer in charge in Mauryan administration - Of agriculture
⬥ Greek historian Megasthenes visited India in the 4th century B.C. , During the reign of Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ It is a Sanskrit work related to court conspiracies and the rule of Chandragupta Maurya - Mudrarakshas
⬥ The Lion Capital located in Sarnath is related to - From Ashok
⬥ National symbol has been taken – From the Sarnath pillar
Ashoka's capital was - Pataliputra
⬥ The one who drove the Greeks out of India The Indian ruler was - Chandragupta Maurya
⬥ Silver coins have been described as " rupees " - In economics
Defence Exams
⬥ The first Indian thinker who talked about food for work program to counteract the effects of famine - Kautilya
⬥ There is a pictorial description of the shaking of the Ashoka Pillar located at Topra – In Seerat - e - Firoz Shahi
⬥ In Maurya administration he was in charge of border areas - Anta Mahamatta
⬥ In Maurya administration, the person in charge of women's welfare was - Itizhakha Mahamatta
⬥ In the Mauryan administration, he was in charge of the propagation of Dhamma - Dhamma Mahamattha
⬥ In Mauryan administration, he was in charge of city administration , nagalviohalka
State PCS Exams
⬥ Chandragupta Maurya gave gifts to Seleucus Nicator - 500 war elephants
⬥ During the Mauryan period the official " Agronomai " was related to - by building roads
⬥ During the reign of Bindusara , there is information about Ashoka conquering Avanti Mahajanapada and annexing it to the Maurya Empire. , In Buddha Ghosh's book Samanta Pasadika
⬥ Mauryan period statues on which the name of Manibhadra ( Yaksha ) was inscribed were found , from Parkham ( Uttar Pradesh )
⬥ In which book Chandragupta Maurya has been called ' Vrishal ' - Mudrarakshas
⬥ Who identified Chandragupta Maurya with Sandrocottus – William Jones
⬥ Megasthenes was the ambassador - Of Seleucus
⬥ Maurya ruler Bindusara was called ' unfriendly ' - Greek writers
