Answer: Option [B]The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to his inscriptions is Priyadarsi. Priyadarshi means who looks at others with love. The emperor also named Asoka on only two of his rock edicts was really called Devanampriya Priyadarshi: the one who loves the Divinity (or loved by the divinity) who looks upon others with love.
Answer: Option [A]Kosa was used for treasury and the rest of the three terms were related to family.
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Answer: Option [C]Ashoka stone pillars were meant to spread his Dhamma (not the part of architectural structure.) The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka during his reign from c. 268 to 232 BC.
Answer: Option [A]In the Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhisatya Avalokitesvara was also known as Padmapani. Avalokitesvara is also referred to as Padmapāni “Holder of the Lotus” or Lokeśvara “Lord of the World”.
Answer: Option [D]Many of the Greeks, Kushanas and Shakas embraced Buddhism rather than Hinduism because caste-ridden Hinduism did not attract them.
