History · From State to Empire
UGC NET December 2018 History
Asoka's contemporary, the foreign king Turamaya, was the ruler of:
ACyrene
BEgypt ✓ Correct
CEpirus
DSyria
Correct answer: (B) Egypt — Turamaya was the ruler of Egypt, so the answer is Egypt.
Explanation
★Turamaya was the ruler of Egypt, so the answer is Egypt.
★In his thirteenth rock edict Asoka mentions five Greek contemporary kings.
★Turamaya is identified with Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the ruler of Egypt.
★He ruled Egypt up to about 247 B.C.
★The edict shows the wide diplomatic horizon of Asoka.
★So Asoka's contemporary Turamaya was the ruler of Egypt.
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