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Kings, Farmers and Towns (23)Freedomstruggle (2)Ancientindia (1)Britishera (1)delhi sultanate (1)Moderhistory (1)Mughals (1)

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In the 1830s, the East India Company mint official who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts was:Read the answer and worked solution →In early inscriptions the king titled 'Piyadassi' ('pleasant to behold') is identified as:Read the answer and worked solution →Between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE, the most powerful mahajanapada was:Read the answer and worked solution →The founder of the Mauryan Empire (c. 321 BCE) was:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In the 1830s, the East India Company mint official who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts was:

  1. John Marshall
  2. James Prinsep
  3. Mortimer Wheeler
  4. Megasthenes
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Correct answer: B. James Prinsep

James Prinsep, an officer of the East India Company mint, deciphered Brahmi and Kharosthi in the 1830s, unlocking the earliest inscriptions and coins.

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In early inscriptions the king titled 'Piyadassi' ('pleasant to behold') is identified as:

  1. Asoka
  2. Bimbisara
  3. Chandragupta Maurya
  4. Samudragupta
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Correct answer: A. Asoka

Prinsep found that the king called Piyadassi in inscriptions was Asoka, known from Buddhist texts.

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Between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE, the most powerful mahajanapada was:

  1. Gandhara
  2. Magadha
  3. Kuru
  4. Avanti
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Correct answer: B. Magadha

Magadha (in present-day Bihar) became the most powerful mahajanapada between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.

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