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AChandragupta Maurya
BHarshavardhana
CKanishka the Kushana
DAsoka of Magadha
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Asoka of Magadha
Asoka raised a pillar at Lumbini to record that he had visited the Buddha's birthplace.
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