History · From State to Empire
UGC NET January 2017 History
Which one of the following is not true about the Rummindei Pillar Inscription of Ashoka?
AIt is located at Lumbini, a place Ashoka had visited personally.
BIt commemorates his visit to pay reverence to the Buddha Konakamana. ✓ Correct
CAshoka made the village Lumbini free of the bali payments.
DHe reduced its land revenue to one-eighth.
Correct answer: (B) It commemorates his visit to pay reverence to the Buddha Konakamana. — The statement about the Buddha Konakamana is not true, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The statement about the Buddha Konakamana is not true, so that is the answer.
★The Rummindei pillar records Ashoka's visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha Shakyamuni.
★It does not commemorate a visit in reverence to the Buddha Konakamana.
★That reverence is recorded on a different pillar, at Nigali Sagar.
★Ashoka visited Lumbini in the twentieth year of his reign.
★He made the village free of the bali tax and reduced its revenue to one-eighth.
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