Assertion (A) Ashoka followed a tolerant religious policy.
Reason (R) He did not try to impose Buddhist faith on his subjects and he presented gifts to non-Buddhist and even anti-Buddhist sect.
Important Questions on Ancient History
Assertion (A) During the Mauryan period even the kings faced a great amount of insecurity.
Reason (R) According to Megasthenes, Chandragupta Maurya did not sleep for two nights successively in the same bedroom.
Assertion (A) Foreigners welcomed at Patliputra.
Reason (R) The municipality in the city had a special committee to look after the welfare of foreigners.
Assertion (A) Brahminical reaction was considered as one of the several causes that seemed to have brought about the decline and fall of the Mauryan empire.
Reason (R) Ashoka prohibited the killing of animals and birds and decided superfluous rituals performed by women.
Assertion (A) Ashoka was coronated four years after his accession to the throne.
Reason (R) Coronation was delayed for some four years as priests advised him not to celebrate the coronation.
| List I | List II |
| A. Justin | 1.Andhra Kottas or Chandragupta met Alexander |
| B. Plutarch | 2. Sandrocottos or Chandragupta liberated the Punjab from Greek yoke |
| C. Digha Nikaya | 3. Talks of Chandragupta Nikaya being the Kshatriya of Moriyan clan of Pippalivana |
| D. Divyava dana | 4. Bindusara is mentioned dana as a lawfully appointed Kshatriya king |
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A B C D
Consider the following statements
1.Chandragupta Maurya was the first king of Magadha.
2. Rajagriha was the capital of Magadha.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
