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UGC NET December 2018 History
A Kushan devakula, where statues of royal persons were kept, has been found at:
AAhichchhatra
BChamba
CMat ✓ Correct
DShahbazgarhi
Correct answer: (C) Mat — The devakula has been found at Mat, so the answer is Mat.
Explanation
★The devakula has been found at Mat, so the answer is Mat.
★The royal statues were found at Mat near Mathura.
★They came from a devakula, a dynastic temple, which no longer stands.
★There the patron deity and the statues of the Kushan kings were kept.
★The Kushan rulers are recorded for a period of about three centuries, from about 30 to 375 C.E.
★So the Kushan devakula was found at Mat.
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