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    Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital?
    1. Koluha pillar   
    2. Lauriya Nandangarh pillar
    3. Sanchi pillar    
    4. Samatha pillar
    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    A)  1, 2, 3 and 4                

    B)  1, 2 and 3

    C)  3 and 4

    D)  2 and 3

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the northern Indian subcontinent, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during Ms reign in the 3rd century BC. The pillars, listed with crowning animal sculptures and the edicts inscribed, are as follows: Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, four lions, Pillar Inscription, Schism Edict Sanchi, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, four lions, Schism Edict. KolhuaVaishali, Bihar, single lion, with no inscription. Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar, single lion. Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI


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