Question

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To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
(A) Chandragupta
(B) Kanishka
(C) Ashoka
(D) Harsha

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Answer 1

Answer: Option - C [ Ashoka ]

The Lion capital at Sarnath belongs to king Ashoka.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Sarnath in Madhya Pradesh is an important Buddhist site.

• Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism gave his first speech or taught his ideas.

• In 250 BC, Ashoka sculptured the Ashoka pillar and in the top the capital was kept.

• The Lion capital is adopted as the national emblem of India in 1950.

• The lion capital is a stone sculpture of four lions, a bull and elephant downside.

More About Ashoka:

• Ashok was the son of Bindusara and Mauryan emperor.

• He's is the only king in the history who gave up war.

• Kalinga war is the incident which changed the life of Ashoka.

• After the Kalinga war, Ashoka adopted Buddhism and started preaching Dhamma.

More About Dhamma:

• Dhamma was introduced by Ashoka which was niether a religion nor philosophy but it's a way of life.

• The one who follows Dhamma will succeed in life.

• Through Dhamma, Ashoka gave some code of conduct to follow.

• These were mentioned in the major and minor rock edicts of Ashoka.

• To spread Dhamma, Ashoka appointed Dhamma Mahamatras.

Answer 2

Answer:-

Option (C) Ashoka

Informations regarding this:-

The Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four asiatic lions standing back to back.

It was originally placed on the top of the Ashoka pillar at a significant Buddhist site of Sarnath by Emperor Ashoka in around 250 B.C. The pillar is often called as 'Ashoka Column'

But the pillar is now in it's original place but the lion capital is now in the Sarnath museum in Uttar pradesh,India.

Informations regarding King Ashoka —

• Ashoka also called as Ashoka The Great is a reigning King of India who ruled almost all the sub-continents of India from 268 to 232 BC.

• He was born on 304 BC, Pataliputra(Present : Patna, Bihar)

• His full name was Ashoka Maurya

• He reigned from 268 to 232 B.C.

• He died on 232 BC, Pataliputra.

• He was a ruler of Maurya Dynasty.

• His religion was Buddhism.

• He spread the Buddhism religion around the Asia.