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  • 1. 
    Who deciphered Brahmi and Kharoshtl scripts?

  • James Princep
  • Cunningham
  • Wheelar
  • John Marshall

  • 2. 
    How many Mahajanapadas were there?

  • 17
  • 14
  • 18
  • 16

  • 3. 
    Which of these was the moSt powerful Mahajanapada from 6th to 4th century BCE?

  • Kuru
  • Magadha
  • PanehaLa
  • Ciandhara

  • 4. 
    Who appointed Dhamma Mahamatras?

  • Bimbisara
  • Samudraupta
  • Ashoka
  • Pandya

  • 5. 
    Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

  • Ashoka
  • Chandragupta Maurys
  • Bindusara
  • Ajatashatru

  • 6. 
    Sangam is a literature of _________ language.

  • Tamil
  • Malsyam
  • Sanskrit
  • Marathi

  • 7. 
    Harishena was the court poet of ________

  • Samudragupta
  • Chandragupta II
  • Ashoka
  • Chandragupta Maurya

  • 8. 
    Consider the following statements about the Mauryan Empire:
    1. There were 5 major political centres in the Empire.
    2. Megasthenes wrote about the Mauryan Empire in his book Indica.
    3. Ashoka founded the Mauryan Empire in 321 B.C.
    4. Ashoka used his resources to propagate Buddhism.
    Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1, 2 and 4
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 3 and 4
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