Question

Which of the following statements are incorrect?

• A. The Ajivika sect is still flourishing in modern day India.
• B. Gosala Mankhaliputta was the head of the Ajivika sect.
• C. Members of the Ajivika sect were treated equally by the Pallavas, Cholas, and Hoysalas.
• D. The Ajivika philosophy died down after the 14th century.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

Members of the Ajivika sect were treated equally by the Pallavas, Cholas, and Hoysalas.

Statements in options 1 and 3 are incorrect. The Ajivika sect is no more in modern day India. When present, they were prosecuted most of the time. Special taxes were imposed on them by the village communities of Pallavas, Cholas, and Hoysalas. After the fourteenth century, the Ajivikas were believed to have been absorbed into Vaishnavism.