GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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Excavations of which of the following sites has yielded evidence of a Vaishnava temple of pre-Christian era?
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Ayodhya
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Besnagar
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Bodhgaya
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Mathura
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Heliodorus pillar was a part of an ancient Vaishnava temple. According to Susan Mishra and Himanshu Ray, the Heliodorus pillar Besnagar site (2nd century BCE) and the Nagari site (1st century BCE) are perhaps the “earliest Hindu temples” that archaeologists have discovered.
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