History · From State to Empire
UGC NET December 2020 History (Shift-II)
What is the nature of the evidence associating Chandragupta Maurya with Bhadrabahu?
ANumismatic
BEpigraphic ✓ Correct
CChinese testimony
DEarly historic iconographic
Correct answer: (B) Epigraphic — The evidence is epigraphic, so the answer is epigraphic.
Explanation
★The evidence is epigraphic, so the answer is epigraphic.
★The association of Chandragupta Maurya with Bhadrabahu rests on epigraphic evidence.
★The Shravanabelagola inscriptions of Karnataka record this tradition.
★They state that Chandragupta followed the Jaina sage Bhadrabahu to the south.
★The Brihatkathakosha also describes the legend of Bhadrabahu and mentions Chandragupta.
★So the nature of the evidence associating the two is epigraphic.
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