Question

Match the words in column ‘A’ with the related words in column ‘B’.
A
A. Ashoka
B. Kanishka
C. Ashwaghosha
D. Gandhara

B
1. Kanishkapura
2. Buddhacharita
3. Kalakendra
4. Devanampriya

Answer 1

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Answer :-

(c )1. Kanishkapura

(d )2. Buddhacharita

(a )3. Kalakendra

( b )4. Devanampriya

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Answer 2

A. Ashoka – 4. Devanampriya

B. Kanishka – 1. Kaniskhapura

C. Ashwaghosha – 2. Buddhacharita

D. Gandhara – 3. Kalakendra

Explanation:

• Devanampriya is an epithet, an honorific type, written in Pali. It means, “beloved of gods”. King Ashoka used these epithets in his Edicts or inscriptions.
• Kanishka, a Buddhist king from the Kushana Dynasty, built Kanishkapura in Kashmir, currently in the Bandipore district.
• Ashwaghosha was the great poet who composed Buddhacharita, an epic Sanskrit poem depicting the “acts of Buddha”
• Gandhara was a Buddhist type of sculpture art found during the olden days. King Kanishka, a Buddhist emperor who was an ardent lover of Gandhara art forms had set up a Gandhara School of Art or kalakendra during his rule.