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Vishakhadatta's Mudrarakshasa describes Chandragupta Maurya as belonging to —

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Greek and Roman writers used the name Sandrocottus, with variant spellings such as Androcottus, for Chandragupta Maurya. Amitrochates refers to Bindusara, while Priyadarsi or Devanampiya Piyadasi is an epithet of Ashoka; the remaining distractor is not the accepted Greek name of Chandragupta.

AKshatriya family
BVrishala kula (low family)
CBrahmana family
DVaishya family
Correct Answer: Vrishala kula (low family)Your Answer: B

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Greek and Roman writers used the name Sandrocottus, with variant spellings such as Androcottus, for Chandragupta Maurya. Amitrochates refers to Bindusara, while Priyadarsi or Devanampiya Piyadasi is an epithet of Ashoka; the remaining distractor is not the accepted Greek name of Chandragupta.

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