Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. The Maurya period was the first time in Indian history that an empire extended from the Hindukush to the valleys of Godavari and Krishna.
  2. The early Maurya rulers had close contact with China.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these
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Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: The Maurya period was the first time in Indian history that an empire extended from the Hindukush to the valleys of Godavari and Krishna. Statement 2 is incorrect: The early Maurya rulers had no contact with China. In fact, China was unknown to Indian epigraphy before the Nagarjunikonda inscriptions.

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