Brahmi script in Ashoka’s pillar inscription was deciphered by _____

(a)

Thomas Saunders

(b)

James Prinsep

(c)

Sir John Marshal

(d)

William Jones

__________ was the ruler of Magadha during the invasion of Alexander in India.

(a)

Mahapadma Nanda

(b)

Dhana Nanda

(c)

Bindhusara

(d)

Bimbisara

The play ______ by Visakadatha describes Chandragupta and his of the Magadha Empire.

(a)

Mudrarakshasa

(b)

Rajatharangini

(c)

Arthasastra

(d)

Indica

The ______ was a prescriptive text for good administration

(a)

Arthasastra

(b)

Indica

(c)

Rajatharangini

(d)

Mudrarakshasa

Jain texts as well as in some Hindu works like the ________

(a)

brahmana

(b)

Mahavamsa

(c)

Kosala

(d)

bodhi

_____________ was then annexed to Magadha.

(a)

brahmana

(b)

Mahavamsa

(c)

Kosala

(d)

bodhi

Ashokan edicts might have been inspired by the edicts of the _____________ king Darius.

(a)

Achaemenid

(b)

samaharta

(c)

sthanika

(d)

gopas

Mahinda and Sanghamitta took a branch of the original _________ tree to Sri Lanka.

(a)

brahmana

(b)

Mahavamsa

(c)

Kosala

(d)

bodhi.

The district was under the command of a ______________

(a)

Achaemenid

(b)

samaharta

(c)

sthanika

(d)

gopas

Urban administration was handled by a ____________

(a)

nagarika

(b)

samaharta

(c)

sthanika

(d)

gopas