Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Question:

On the orders of Asoka, in the third century BCE, caves were constructed for the renouncers of which of the following religions/sects ?

Options:

Buddhism

Jainism

Shaivism

Ajivika

Correct Answer:

Ajivika

Explanation:

The tradition of building artificial caves was an old one. Some of the earliest of these were constructed in the third century BCE on the orders of Asoka for renouncers who belonged to the Ajivika sect.