alleryThe huge hall at Mauryan Pataliputra with eighty sandstone columns shows influence from which empire?
ARoman Empire
BAchaemenid Persia
CMongol Khanate
DOttoman Turkey
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Achaemenid Persia
1. Excavations uncovered an apadana-like hall with eighty sandstone columns.
2. It shows clear influence from contemporary Achaemenid Persia.
3. Roman, Tang and Ottoman states are the wrong period or region.
_Source: Wikipedia, Architecture of India, section 600 BCE_
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