Question

True/False
1. Seleucus Nikator fought a war against the Mauryas in 305 BC.
2. Megasthenes visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya.
3. Bindusara was Ashoka's successor.
4. All Ashokan edicts were written in the Brahmi script.
5. Ashoka convened a Buddhist council at Pataliputra.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. True

2. True

3. True

4. False.

5. True

4. Not all Ashokan edicts were written in Brahmi script. Some of them were written in Magadhi Prakrit using the Brahmi script, while Prakrit using the Kharoshthi script, Greek and Aramaic were used in the northwest.