Multiple choice

Which Mourya King abdicated and committed religious suicide?

  1. Asoka

  2. Samprathy

  3. Chandraguptha

  4. none

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya Empire, abdicated his throne towards the end of his life, converted to Jainism, and traveled to Shravanabelagola where he practiced Sallekhana, a ritual fasting to death.