Which of the following were among the five major political centers in the Mauryan empire?
(A) Pataliputra
(B) Kandahar
(C) Ujjayini
(D) Suvarnagiri
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C) and (D) only
The Ashokan inscriptions name five major political centres of the empire: the capital Pataliputra and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvarnagiri.
Kandahar is not one of them. It lies on the north-western fringe of the empire and is known for a bilingual Greek and Aramaic inscription of Ashoka, but it was not counted among the five centres.