
Consider the following about Chandragupta Maurya statements
1. Chandragupta Maurya abdicated the throne in his old age and followed the Jain Saint Bhadrabahu to the South.
2. Justin has stated that Chandragupta Maurya as a young man had met Alexander face to face in Punjab.
3. The Greek Sources mention Chandragupta Maurya as Sandrocottus and Androcottus.
4. The Buddhist sources regard him as a Kshatriya of the Maurya clan.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?


Important Questions on Ancient History


Consider the following statements
1. Mudra Rakshasa, Parishisthaparvan (Jain) and Magavamsa (Buddhist) describes Chandragupta Maurya's war with Nanda King Dhanananda.
2. Junagarh Rock Edict of Rudradaman mentions about Chandragupta Maurya's conquest of Western India (Saurashtra).
3. Chandragupta Maurya conquered Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra region of South but not Kalinga.
4. Jain text Parishisthaparvan describes that Chandragupta embraced Jainism towards the end of his life.
Which of the statements given above are correct?



Consider the following passage and identify the three tribal principalities referred to therein using the code given below:
In the early history of the far south in India, three tribal principalities are mentioned in the Ashokan inscriptions of the third century BC and the Kharavela inscription of the first century BC.


Consider the following statements about Ashoka's edicts and inscriptions
1. Kharoshthi script was used in the two Northern Major Rock Edicts at Mansehra and Shahbazgarhi.
2. Meerut and Topara pillar inscriptions were shifted to Delhi.
3. In the Queen's Edict, Ashoka ordered that Whosoever monk or nun breaks up the Sangha, after being clothed in white garments, shall take up abode in a place other than a monastery
4. Ashoka's son Tivara and his second wife Karuwaki is mentioned in his Edict.
Which of the statements given above is correct?
