Prelims

Consider the following pairs :
Site of Ashoka’s major rock edicts Location in the State of
1. Dhauli — Odisha
2. Erragudi — Andhra Pradesh
3. Jaugada — Madhya Pradesh
4. Kalsi — Karnataka
How many pairs given above are correctly matched ?

Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription?
”Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to
his own sect, with the view of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures his own sect very
severely.”

In which of the following relief sculpture inscriptions is ‘Ranyo Ashoka’ (King Ashoka) mentioned along with the stone portrait of Ashoka?

Who of the following had first deciphered the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?