HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Jainism
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Buddhism
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Ajivakas
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Lokayata
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Detailed explanation-1: -King Bindusara and his wife were the followers of this sect.
Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest examples of Mauryan rock-cut architecture in India are the Barabar caves, located in the Barabar hills, in Jehanabad District of Bihar. There are four caves in Barabar dating back to reign of Asoka (273-232 BC) and his grandson Dasaratha, initially for the Ajeevika sect.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Barabar Hill Caves (Hindi , Barābar) are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, 24 km (15 mi) north of Gaya.
Detailed explanation-4: -This rock-cut cave was carved out as a sanctuary. It was built during the Ashokan period of the Maurya Empire in the 3rd century BC, as part of the sacred architecture of the Ajivikas, an ancient religious and philosophical group of India that competed with Jainism and became extinct over time.