With reference to cultural history of ancient India consider the following pairs 1 nb...........

Ancient and Medival History Mauryan and Post Maurayan

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With reference to cultural history of ancient India, consider the following pairs:

1. Taxila, Nalanda, Vikramshila : port cities

2. Pavarna : abduction of bride

3. Barabar Caves : Ajvika sect

4. Tolkappiyam : sangam literature

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1 and 2 only

2 and 4 only

3 and 4 only

1 and 3 only

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Explanation:

The ancient Buddhist residential places became the centres of learning and Taxila, Nalanda, Vikramshila became centres of Buddhist learning. Pavarna was a ceremony held in ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries. It was the confession by monks of their offences committed during their stay in the monasteries during the rainy season. Asoka and his grandson Dasaratha got several such cave – dwellings built in the Barabar Hills near Bodh Gaya, and donated them to the monks of Buddhism and the Ajivika sect. The corpus of Sangam literature includes Tolkappiyam, Ettutogai, Pattuppattu, Pathinenkilkanakku, and the two epics — Silappathigaram and Manimegalai. Tolkappiyam authored by Tolkappiyar is the earliest of the Tamil literature. It is a work on Tamil grammar