Question

Q. Consider the following pairs:

King	Pillar
1. Chandragupta 2	Mehrauli iron pillar
2. Samudragupta	Allahabad iron pillar
3. Chandragupta 2	Udayagiri inscription

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

• A.
  1, 2 and 3
• B.
  1 and 2 only
• C.
  3 only
• D.
  1 and 3 only

Answer 1

The correct option is A

1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

All are correctly matched:

• Mehrauli iron pillar- account of Chandragupta 2 military campaigns.
• Allahabad Pillar inscription - gives an account of Samudragupta’s personality and his military campaigns .
• Udayagiri inscription- account of campaigns of Chandragupta 2.