निम्नलिखित युग्मों पर विचार कीजिए :
| अशोक के प्रमुख शिलालेखों के स्थान | वह स्थान जिस राज्य में हैं | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | धौली | ओडिशा |
| 2. | एर्रगुडी | आंध्र प्रदेश |
| 3. | जौगड़ | मध्य प्रदेश |
| 4. | कालसी | कर्नाटक |
उपर्युक्त युग्मों में से कितने सही सुमेलित हैं ?
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Consider the following pairs:
1. Dhauli — Odisha
2. Erragudi — Andhra Pradesh
3. Jaugada — Madhya Pradesh
4. Kalsi — Karnataka
How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) Only one pair · (b) Only two pairs · (c) Only three pairs · (d) All four pairs
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) केवल दो युग्म
Only pairs 1 and 2 are correct: Dhauli is in Odisha and Erragudi is in Andhra Pradesh. Jaugada is also in Odisha (Ganjam district), and Kalsi is in Uttarakhand (near Dehradun), so pairs 3 and 4 fail.
- ✓ 1. Dhauli, near Bhubaneswar in Khurda district, has Ashoka's Kalinga rock edicts and is a centrally protected monument of the Archaeological Survey of India in Odisha.
- ✓ 2. Erragudi (also spelt Yerragudi) is a major rock edict site in Andhra Pradesh, in the south-west of the state near the Karnataka border.
- ✗ 3. Jaugada is in Ganjam district of Odisha, on the Rushikulya river; its edicts duplicate those at Dhauli. It is not in Madhya Pradesh.
- ✗ 4. Kalsi lies near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, at the meeting of the Yamuna and the Tons. Karnataka's Ashokan sites are other places, for example Brahmagiri, which has minor rock edicts.
Remember · Major rock edicts: Dhauli and Jaugada (Odisha), Kalsi (Uttarakhand), Erragudi (Andhra Pradesh), Girnar (Gujarat), Sopara (Maharashtra), Mansehra and Shahbazgarhi (Pakistan).
Sources
- ASI draft heritage bye-laws — Dhauli rock inscription of the edicts of Asoka (mentions Jaugada) ↗ “A duplicate of these Dhauli rock edicts is found on the surface of a rock in Jaugada, on the bank of river Rushikulya, to the north-west of Ganjam town in the Ganjam district of Odisha.”
- Nagar Nigam Dehradun (Government of Uttarakhand) — About Dehradun ↗ “Dehradun was once ruled by the great Mauryan Emperor Ashoka (3st century BC), whose rock edict was found near Kalsi, just off the town.”
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Ashokan Edict sites along the Mauryan Routes (Tentative List) ↗ “others, like the Erragudi edict in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, are on steep and somewhat inaccessible ridges. … 12. Brahmagiri Minor rock edicts 14.81361°N 76.80611°E Archaeological Survey of India”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·