2023 · Q89
Which one of the following political centers finds a mention in Ashokan inscriptions?
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- AIndraprastha
- BKaushambi
- CSuvarnagiri
- DKandahar
Explanation
The Brahmagiri minor rock edict of Ashoka is addressed to the prince (kumara) stationed at Suvarnagiri, identifying it as a Mauryan administrative and political centre in the south. Indraprastha and Kaushambi find no such mention in the edicts, and Kandahar is only the findspot of a bilingual edict, not a political centre named in the texts. Hence Suvarnagiri.