History · From State to Empire
UGC NET June 2015 History
Who among the following issued the mandate that any person not welcoming the Buddha would be fined 500 kahapanas?
AMallas ✓ Correct
BSakyas
CMagadhan king Ajatasatru
DVatsa king Udayana
Correct answer: (A) Mallas — The Mallas issued this mandate, so the answer is the Mallas.
Explanation
★The Mallas issued this mandate, so the answer is the Mallas.
★The Mallas were a republican people of the Buddha's time.
★They held the Buddha in deep honour.
★They ordered that anyone who did not welcome the Buddha would be fined 500 kahapanas.
★The kahapana was a coin used in the age.
★This shows the high regard of the Mallas for the Buddha.
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