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GK QUESTION#2214

In the Greek diplomatic account discussed in histories of the Mauryas, which ruler requested a sophist from Antiochus I?

  1. AChandragupta Maurya
  2. BBindusaraCorrect answer
  3. CAshok
  4. DKunal
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B. Bindusara

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Bindusara. Literary accounts of his diplomatic contacts with Antiochus I report a request for a Greek sophist, or learned teacher. This anecdote should not be confused with the arrival of Deimachus as an ambassador.

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