which Mauryan king asked antiochus 1of Syria to send him figs wine and philosophers
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Answer:
Bindusara was the Mauryan King who asked Antiochus to send him wine, dry figs and philosophers.
Explanation:
Bindusara was a Mauryan king who was also the son of the great Chandragupta Maurya. He rule the Mauryan kingdom back in 297 BCE. As per the ancient records, Bindusara had nearly 16 Indian states under his kingdom except the kingdoms of Chera, Chola and Pandya of south.
He had a good relationship with the Greeks, the Egyptians and the Syrians. Antiochus was the ruler of Hellenic which can also be known as the classic Greece. Bindusara had maintained a great friendly relationship with the Hellenic kingdom.
Even the Greek literature had mentioned Bindusara as 'Amitraghata' which means "Slayer of Enemies". Bindusara once asked Antiochus to send him wine, dry figs and some philosophers to him as gift. But, Antiochus replied that he will send sweet wine and dry figs as gifts not the philosophers as they were important assets of their kingdom and they cannot be traded.
Answer:
King Bindusara
Explanation:
Chandragupt Maurya had two wife - Dhurdhara and Helena. Helena was a Greek princess.
From Dhurdhara Chandragupt had Bindusara who later became the next empror after him. And from Helena he had Justin.
Ashoka was the son of Bindusara and grandson of Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara was the Mauryan King who asked Antiochus to send him wine, dry figs and philosophers.
Bindusara was born to Chandragupta, the founder of the Mauryan Empire.The prose version of Ashokavadana states that Bindusara was the son of Nanda and a 10th-generation descendant of Bimbisara. Like Dipavamsa, it omits Chandragupta's name altogether.