History · From State to Empire
UGC NET November 2017 History
Which rock edicts of the other recensions of the series of Asoka's fourteen Rock Edicts are substituted by the separate Kalinga Edicts found at Dhauli and Jaugada? Select the correct code.
- 1. XI
- 2. XII
- 3. XIII
- 4. XIV
AXI and XII only
BXI, XII and XIII only ✓ Correct
CXII and XIII only
DXII, XIII and XIV only
Correct answer: (B) XI, XII and XIII only — The XI, XII and XIII edicts are substituted, so the answer is XI, XII and XIII only.
Explanation
★The XI, XII and XIII edicts are substituted, so the answer is XI, XII and XIII only.
★At Dhauli and Jaugada the usual series of fourteen edicts is changed.
★There the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth rock edicts are left out.
★In their place the separate Kalinga edicts are inscribed.
★These special edicts deal with the rule of the newly won Kalinga.
★So the edicts substituted are the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth.
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