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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 42

SSC CGL - 4th June 2019 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q42

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Name the state Chandragupta-I got in dowry from the Lichhavis.

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Correct answer: A

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The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Pataliputra 

The state which Chandragupta I had got in the dowry from Lichhavis is ___

Pataliputra

 
  • Chandragupta-I got Pataliputra in dowry from the Lichhavis. 
  • He married Kumaradevi, a princess of the Lichhavis family.
  • The Gupta Lichchhavi relation was even publicised through a particular type of gold coins “which had the names and figures of Chandragupta I and his Lichchhavi wife on the obverse and the figure of a goddess seated on a lion along with the legend Lichchhavayah on the reverse”.  
  • The Gupta era is considered to be founded by Chandragupta I. It starts with his accession in 320 A.D.
  • At the confluence of the Son river with the Ganges, the city of Pataliputra was situated.
  • In the ancient period, Pataliputra had remained the capital for the Mauryas, Sungas, Guptas and other kingdoms.