Who identified "Sandrokottus" of the Greco-Roman literature with Chandragupta Maurya?
A. D. R. Bhandarkar
B. Alexander Cunningham
C. R. P. Chanda
D. William Jones
D. William Jones
The view that the cotton cloth worn by Indians had a brighter white color than any cotton found elsewhere was recorded by whom?
A. Alexander
B. Megasthenes
C. Nearchus
D. Pliny
B. Megasthenes
Who is the author of 'Indica'?
A. Ashoka
B. Chanakya
C. Megasthenes
D. Seleucus
C. Megasthenes
Who laid down punishment for a person becoming a mendicant without making adequate provision for a dependent wife and children?
A. Manu
B. Yajnavalkya
C. Kautilya
D. Narada
C. Kautilya
Which dynasty maintained diplomatic relations with distant countries such as Syria in the West?
A. Maurya
B. Gupta
C. Pallava
D. Chola
A. Maurya
Who was the Syrian ambassador in the court of Bindusara?
A. Megasthenes
B. Dionysius
C. Deimachus
D. Amitrochates
C. Deimachus
Which Greek ruler sent Megasthenes to the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
A. Seleucus Nicator
B. Antiochus
C. Ptolemy
D. Magas
A. Seleucus Nicator
The Greek Ambassador Deimachus of Plataea visited the court of which ruler of Magadha?
A. Dhanananda
B. Chandragupta Maurya
C. Bindusara
D. Ashoka
C. Bindusara
Who is the author of Devichandraguptam?
A. Vishakhadatta
B. Dandin
C. Bharavi
D. Kalidas
A. Vishakhadatta
Which king started the construction of Sudarshan Lake?
A. Ashoka
B. Samudragupta
C. Chandragupta Maurya
D. Bindusara
C. Chandragupta Maurya