Multiple choice

How many people were killed in the war of Kalinga?

  1. More than 20,000

  2. More than 40,000

  3. More than 60,000

  4. More than one Lakh

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Historical accounts, including Ashoka's own inscriptions, state that more than one lakh (100,000) people were killed in the Kalinga war.