Multiple choice

The most powerful king of the Mauryan Empire was

  1. Mahariva.

  2. Kalidasa.

  3. Asoka.

  4. Candragupta Maurya.
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Explanation

Ashoka (Asoka) Maurya (r. 268-232 BCE) was the most powerful Mauryan ruler, expanding the empire to its greatest extent after the Kalinga War (260 BCE), then converting to Buddhism and renouncing conquest. While Chandragupta founded the empire, Ashoka's military campaigns and subsequent rule made it the most powerful. Kalidasa was a Gupta-era poet, not a Mauryan ruler. Mahariva is likely a misspelling of Mahavira (Jainism founder, not Mauryan).

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