Question

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

$1$. Uttarapatha	Taxila
$2$. Avantipatha	Rajpura
$3$. Dakshinapatha	Suvarnagiri
$4$. Kalinga	Tosali

• A. $1,2$ and $3$
• B. $1,3$ and $4$
• C. $2,3$ and $4$
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B $1,3$ and $4$

The Maurayan empire was divided into a number of provinces;

The northern province, called Uttarapatha, had Taxila as its capital; western province known as Avantipatha had its capital in Ujjaini; Prachyapatha had its capital as Tosali (Kalinga) which formed the eastern province while Dakshinapatha with its capital Suvarnagiri was the southernmost province.