{"id":149503,"date":"2023-07-05T12:33:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=149503"},"modified":"2023-07-05T12:33:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:03:53","slug":"the-name-by-which-asoka-is-generally-referred-to-in-his-inscriptions-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/the-name-by-which-asoka-is-generally-referred-to-in-his-inscriptions-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The name by which Asoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. The name by which Asoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) Chakravarti<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) Dharmadeva<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) Dharmakirti<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(d) Priyadarsi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ans: (d) Priyadarsi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Explanation: The name by which Asoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is (d) Priyadarsi. Asoka, the Mauryan emperor, is often mentioned as &#8220;Priyadarsi&#8221; in his inscriptions. The term &#8220;Priyadarsi&#8221; translates to &#8220;He who is beloved to the gods&#8221; or &#8220;He who is delightful to behold.&#8221; Asoka used this name in his inscriptions to emphasize his benevolent rule and his commitment to promoting Dharma (righteousness) and the well-being of his subjects. The use of this name reflected Asoka&#8217;s desire to be regarded as a just and compassionate ruler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. The name by which Asoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is (a) Chakravarti (b) Dharmadeva (c) Dharmakirti (d) Priyadarsi Ans: (d) Priyadarsi &nbsp;Explanation: The name by which Asoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is (d) Priyadarsi. Asoka, the Mauryan emperor, is often mentioned as &#8220;Priyadarsi&#8221; in his inscriptions. The term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":149507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018],"tags":[5019],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-149503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-quiz","tag-upsc-history-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149509,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149503\/revisions\/149509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149503"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=149503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}