WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Option A) Samprati – He is remembered as the only great Mauryan ruler who reigned after the Greatest Mauryan Emperor Ashoka . Samprati was also a renowned patron of Jainism. He is also credited for actively spreading Jainism to many parts of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jains consider the kings Bimbisara, also known as Shrenik popularly (c. 558–491 BCE), Ajatashatru (c. 492–460 BCE), Ashoka and Udayin (c. 460-440 BCE) of the Haryanka dynasty as patrons of Jainism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bindusara had an inclination towards Ajivika sect and Chandragupta Maurya converted to Jainism in the later half of his life under the guidance of his spiritual teacher Bhadrabahu.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to some sources, Chandragupta adopted Jainism in 293 B.C. and became a Jain monk. a battle. His widowed mother escaped to a city called Purushapur or Pataliputra where she gave birth to a son, who came to be known as Chandragupta. However, in a helpless state his mother left him and went away.