UPSC History The Mourya Empire Question Bank Post Maurya Period

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    Match list 'A' with the list 'B' and list 'C' and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
    List 'A' List 'B' List 'C'
    1.Brihatkatha A. Hala E. Ardha-Magadhi
    2. Gathasaptasati B. Asvaghosa F. Paisachi
    3.Paumchariya C.Gunadhya G. Prakrit
    4.Probodhachan- D. Vimalasuri H. Sanskrit

    A)                      1-C, F 2-A, E   3-D, H   4-B, G

    B)  1-C, E 2-B, F   3-A, H   4-D, G

    C)  1-C, F 2-A, G   3-D, E   4-B, H

    D)  1-D, H 2-C, F   3-B, E 4-A, G

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Brihatkatha is a mammoth work composed by Gunadhya. Gunadhya is told to record them in Paisachi dialect which is the language of the goblins. The Gaha Sattasat is a collection of poems in Maharashtri Prakrit. The poems mostly have love as a theme. The collection is attributed to the long Hala, and it is the collection of about forty poems. The Ram epic Pauma-chariya by Vimala Suri may be called a Shvetambara work. This was composed 530 years after Mahavira's death, that is, in or about AD 4.


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