Bihar Special GK PYQ 477 of 603 · Art and Culture

Who used the caves of Barabar as their shelter-house?

  1. AAjivakas
  2. BTharus
  3. CJains
  4. DTantrikas

40th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1995

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Correct answer: (a) Ajivakas

Explanation

In the Mauryan period, the art of carving caves to make dwellings developed. During the time of Ashoka and his grandson Dasharatha, shelters were carved out in the Barabar and Nagarjuni hills for the followers of the Ajivakas sect.

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