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  1. The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscription is
    1. Chakravarti
    2. Devraja
    3. Dharmakirti
    4. Priyadarsi
Correct Option: D

The rock inscription of Davanampriya Priyadarshi were being discovered all over India for centuries. But for a long time, the identity of this 'Devanampriya Priyadarshi' remained a puzzle. In the year 1915 near a village called Maski in Raichur District of Karnataka, a rock inscription was discovered on a hill. In this inscription, for the first time, the name of Ashoka was found with titles like Devanampriya and Priyadarshi. It was then certain that Devanapriya Priyadarshi was no other than Ashoka.


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