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Question 571. The earliest example of rock cut architecture is evident for the time of
  1.    Post-Mauryan
  2.    Pre-Mauryan
  3.    Mauryan
  4.    Gupta
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mauryan
Answer: (c)
Question 572. Which of the following books serves as a source for the Mauryan period?
  1.    Jain Purvas
  2.    Historica
  3.    Suttapitaka
  4.    Indica
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Indica
Answer: (d)
Question 573. From which of the following places archaeological remains of a Roman colony have been discovered?
  1.    Bhrigukachchha
  2.    Sopara
  3.    Arikamedu
  4.    Tamralipti
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Arikamedu
Answer: (c) Arikamedu was an ancient industrial port city located in the South Eastern coast of India near Pondicherry. A large hoard of Roman coins found at Arikamedu along with the archaeological remains of a Roman colony have been discovered.
Question 574. The only inscribed stone portrait of Emperor Ashoka has been found at
  1.    Ajanta
  2.    Sanchi
  3.    Kanaganahalli
  4.    Amaravati
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Kanaganahalli
Answer: (c)
Question 575. Who was the founder of Kushan dynasty?
  1.    Huvishka
  2.    Vim Kadphises
  3.    Kujul Kadaphises
  4.    Kanishka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Kujul Kadaphises
Answer: (c) Kujula Kadphises (30–80 AD) established the Kushan dynasty in 78 AD by taking advantage of disunion in existing dynasty of Pahalava (Parthian) and Scytho-Parthians, and gradually wrested control of southern prosperous region, which is the northwest part of ancient India, traditionally known as Gandhar (now in Pakistan).
Question 576. The officer of the Central Government, who was in-charge of collection of revenue, was:
  1.    Karmika or Clerk
  2.    Adhyaksha or Superintendent of Departments
  3.    Samaharta or Collector General
  4.    Sannidhata or High Treasurer
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Samaharta or Collector General
Answer: (c)
Question 577. Ring wells are identified for the first time in?
  1.    Post-Mauryan
  2.    Later Vedic age
  3.    Mauryan period
  4.    Pre-mauryan age
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mauryan period
Answer: (c)
Question 578. Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital?

  1. Koluha pillar

  2. Lauriya Nandangarh pillar

  3. Sanchi pillar

  4. Sarnatha pillar


Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:
  1.    1, 2 and 3
  2.    3 and 4
  3.    2 and 3
  4.    1, 2, 3 and 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (d)
The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the northern Indian subcontinent, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in the 3rd century BC. The pillars, listed with crowning animal sculptures and the edicts inscribed, are as follows:
Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, four lions, Pillar Inscription, Schism Edict
Sanchi, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, four lions, Schism Edict
KolhuaVaishali, Bihar, single lion, with no inscription
Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar, single lion, Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI
Question 579. The Mauryan state had monopoly over which of the following sectors?
  1.    All the above
  2.    Mining and Metallurgy
  3.    Armaments and ship building
  4.    Coins and currency
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> All the above
Answer: (a)
Question 580. Which one of the following dynasties was associated with Gandhara School of Art ?
  1.    Mauryas
  2.    Chalukyas
  3.    Kushanas
  4.    Guptas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Kushanas
Answer: (c)

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