Dec 1st Static Quiz 2020 (Mauryans)

Ans;- c) Sohagaura

Explanation;-

• Except the Sohagaura all other are Harappan sites, below attached image shows the Harappan sites.

About Sohgaura Mauryan Site

• The Sohgaura copper plate inscription is an Indian copper plate inscription written in Prakrit in the Brahmi script.

• It was discovered in Sohgaura, a village on the banks of the Rapti River, about 20 km south-east of Gorakhpur, in the Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, as shown in the below attached image.

Ans;- a) Kanganahalli

Explanation;-

• The Kanaganahalli is about 3 km from Sannati.

• An important Buddhist site, the place where an ancient Buddhist Mahastupa site found.

• It is on the left bank of the Bhima river in Chitapur taluk, Kalaburagi / Gulbarga District in Karnataka, India.

• The Nalwar is the nearest Railway station about 19 km from Kanaganahalli. The Buddhist site about 2.5 km from Chandrala Parameshwari temple of Sannati.

• The remains of the excavations site at Kanaganahalli can be dated to between the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD.

• The Kanaganahalli Maha Stupa is the veritable gallery of eminent rulers like King Ashoka and the Shatavahana rulers (Simuka, Pulumavi) are immortalized by depicting their portraits at Kanaganahalli.

Ashoka with his Queen, at Sannati (Kanaganahalli Stupa), 1st-3rd century CE.

Ans;- b) 1 and 3 only

Explanation;-

• The renunciants were referred by various terms including Paribbajaka Or Parivrajaka in Sanskrit which means ‘wanderer’.

• Samana were also renunciants and it is termed as Shramana in Sanskrit, which means the ‘one who strives’ i. e. to realize the truth. These were people who had left their homes and lived as wanderers, dependent on food and alms offered.

• Upasaka (masculine) or Upasika (feminine) are from the Sanskrit and Pali words for “attendant”. This is the title of followers of Buddhism (or, historically, of Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics in a Buddhist order, and who undertake certain vows.

Ans;- d) Taxila

Explanation;-

• The Taxila had great influence on Hindu culture and the Sanskrit language. It is perhaps best known for its association with Chanakya, also known as Kautilya, the strategist who guided Chandragupta Maurya and assisted in the founding of the Mauryan empire.

Ans;- b) Administration of Justice

Explanation;-

• During the Mauryan administration, the ‘Rajukas’ looked after the administration of justice.

• They were basically the provincial officials who were mostly engaged in clerical and accounting works.

• They had full power and freedom in controlling the rural administration and also can give capital punishment.

• They worked as judicial administrators as well as revenue administrators.

• They were also given more and more judicial powers in the settlement of disputes that arises during the reign of King Asoka.

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