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WBCS Main Examination 2022 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 100 of 200

Q100
History of IndiaMauryan Empire
Who was known as “Beloved of the Gods”?
  1. a.Kalashoka
  2. b.Bimbisara
  3. c.Ajatasatru
  4. d.Ashoka

Answer: (D) Ashoka

Ashoka calls himself Devanampiya Piyadasi ('beloved of the gods, of pleasing appearance') in his edicts; the name Ashoka itself appears in the Maski edict. The same title was also used by his contemporary, the Sri Lankan king Devanampiya Tissa. Kalashoka was the Shishunaga king in whose reign the Second Buddhist Council met at Vaishali. Bimbisara and Ajatashatru were Haryanka kings, and Ajatashatru patronised the First Buddhist Council.

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