Consider the following statements about the contacts between India and Iran in ancient history and m...........

Ancient and Medival History Mauryan and Post Maurayan

Consider the following statements about the contacts between India and Iran in ancient history and mark the incorrect one.

Iranian ruler Dairus penetrated India during period of Ashoka

Kharosti Script was a result of this contact.

These contacts gave impetus to mutual trade and commerce

Bell shaped capitals of Ashoka were influenced by Iranian art.

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Explanation:

1st option is incorrect regarding the contact between India and Iran i.e. Iranian ruler Dairus penetrated India during period of Ashoka.
The Iranian ruler, Darius, penetrated into north-west India in 518 BC and annexed Punjab, west of the Indus, and Sindh.

The Iranians/persian attacked by cross Hindukush before the rule of Mauryas and Asoka was the 3rd Mauryan king. Therefore, Dairus attacked before the rule of Asoka.
On the 6th century B.C. an Empire was built up in Persia, the area of present Iran, Iraq, etc. It was called Achaemenid Empire. By 530 B.C. its Emperor Cyrus crossed the Hindukush Mountains. He was militarily more powerful than the smaller kingdoms of NorthWestern India. He forced the people of Kamboja and Gandhara to pay tribute to him. After him, another Achaemenid ruler Darius annexed Punjab and the Western part of the Indus and Sind in North-West India in 516 B.C. This area became the most fertile part of the Persian Empire. So, we can say that the North-Western India was ruled by different kings or Emperors at different times. Sometimes it was ruled by the local rulers or chiefs and sometimes by the Persians.