UPSC History The Mourya Empire Question Bank Post Maurya Period

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    In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka's edicts are also found?                         [UP-PCS (M) 2016]

    A) Junagarh Inscription of Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman

    B) Nashik Prashasti regarding Gautamiputra Satakarni

    C)  Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela

    D) None of the above

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    An inscription with fourteen Edicts of Emperor Ashoka is found on a large boulder on the way to mount Gimar, Junagadh District of Gujarat. On the same rock are inscriptions in Sanskrit added around 150 AD by Mahakshatrap Rudradaman I.


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