Multiple choice

Which Mauryan ruler is known as the “father of a son and the son of a father”?

  1. Chandragupta Maurya

  2. Asoka

  3. Dasaratha

  4. Bindusara
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Explanation

Bindusara is known as the “father of a son and the son of a father". He was the second Mauryan emperor (c. 320 BC – 272 BC, ruled. 298 BC – c. 272 BC) after Chandragupta Maurya. During his reign, the empire expanded southwards. He had two well-known sons, Susima and Ashoka, who were the viceroys of Takshashila and Ujjain. 

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