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Question 581. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Assertion (A): Like Buddha, Jain Tirthankar is depicted on some Kushan coins.

Reason (R): Mathura was a great centre of Jainism during the Kushan period.

Codes:

Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation of A
A is true, but R is false
A is false, but R is true
Both A and R are true, R is the correct explanation of A

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> A is false, but R is true
Answer: (c)

Question 582. The head of a district (Ahara), the principal coordinator of the revenue and the officer incharge of general and military functions in his jurisdiction during Mauryan empire was known as

Chirastadar
Krori
Foujdar
Rajuka

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Rajuka
Answer: (d)

Question 583. Which God is depicted on the Yaudheya coins?

Vasudeva
Indra
Shiva
Kartikeya

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Kartikeya
Answer: (d) The coins of the Yaudheyas were influenced in design and motif by the coins of the Kushanas. Kumara Kartikeya was depicted on the most of the Yaudheya coins.

Question 584. Match the five major Mauryan provinces with their capitals:
A. Uttarapatha
I. Ujjain (Northern Province)
B. Avantiratha
II. Suvarnagiri (Western Province)
C. Dakshinapatha
III. Tosali (Southern Province)
D. Prachya
IV. Pataliputra (Eastern Province)
E. Central Province
V. Taxila
Codes: A B C D E

I II I III V
II III I IV V
III II I IV V
V I II III IV

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> V I II III IV
Answer: (d)
The uttarapath was the major trans-regional trade route of northern India.
It stretched from the north-west across the Indo–Gangetic plains up to the port of Tamrlipti on the Bay of Bengal.

Question 585. Which of the following languages is used in the inscriptions of Ashoka?

Sanskrit
Pali
Prakrit
Apabhramsa

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Prakrit
Answer: (c)

Question 586. To promote communal harmony Ashoka asked the people:

All the above
To attend to the essential elements of their religions rather than the non-essential ones
To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds
Not to glorify their own sect and be little another’s sect

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> To maintain concord (samvaya) with all creeds
Answer: (c)

Question 587. The ratio between gold and silver coins during Saka - Satavahan period was

1 : 20
1 : 10
1 : 14
1 : 35

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> 1 : 35
Answer: (d)

Question 588. Who was Rudradaman I?

Saka ruler of Nasika
Saka ruler of Ujjain
Saka ruler of Takshashila
Saka ruler of Mathura

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Saka ruler of Ujjain
Answer: (b) Rudradaman I was a Saka ruler from the Western Kshatrapas dynasty. He was the grandson of the celebrated Sah king Chastana. Rudradaman I was instrumental in the decline of the Satavahana empire.

Question 589. Consider the following statements:

The founder of the Saka rule was Maues who is considered to be the founder of the Vikrama era.

Kushana king Wima Kadphises or Kadphises II issued gold coins with high-sounding titles like the ‘Lord of the Whole World’

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

1 and 2 both
2 only
1 only
None

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> 2 only
Answer: (b)
The founder of the Saka rule in India in the first century B.C. was Maues. His son and successor were Azes I, who is considered to be the founder of the Vikrama era.
The founder of the Kushana dynasty was Kujula Kadphises or Kadphises I. He occupied the Kabul valley and issued coins in his name. His son Wima Kadphises or Kadphises II conquered the whole of northwestern India as far as Mathura. He issued gold coins with high-sounding titles like the ‘Lord of the Whole World’. He was a devotee of Lord Siva.

Question 590. Match the following :
A. Devaputra
I. land measurement unit
B. Gaulmika
II. An administrative unit
C. Kulyavapa
III. A royal title
D. Ahara
IV. An officer
Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: A B C D