Question

According to which text Mauryas were of shudra origin?
A. Divyanadana
B. Junagarh Rock inscription of Rudradaman
C. Jaina tradition
D. Brihatkatha manjari

Answer 1

Hint:
It is an antiquated Indian epic, said to have been composed by Guṇāḍhya in an ineffectively perceived language known as Paiśācī. The work no longer exists except for a few later references are as yet present in Sanskrit, just as the Peruṅkatai and Vasudevahiṃḍiin vernaculars which make critique on the piece.

Complete Answer:
As per Brihatkatha manjari Mauryas were of Shudra cause, it is an antiquated Indian epic.

Increase of the Chandragupta Maurya to the seat of Magadha in 321BC imprints the start of the Mauryan line under whose standard the Magadhan domain arrived at the summit glory. The assurance of the position of the decision dynasties has pulled in the consideration of antiquarians while composing old Indian history. Most Historians concede to appointing either a low caste or an ancestral cause of the Maury family.

As indicated by the Brahmanical custom, Chandragupta Maurya, the organizer of the Maurya administration was conceived of Mura, a Shudra lady in the court of the last Nanda lord. From her the tradition known as Maurya. However, the Buddhist custom says that the Chandragupta was an individual from the Maurya Kashtriya group of Pippi Halivana. The custom in this manner suggests that the Moriya faction was connected to the Sakya clan to which Gautma Buddha had a place. This infers that the Mauryas in some sense, were Kshatriyas. The Maurya title of the Chandragupta's family is said to have been obtained from the Moriya clan.

Note:
Brihat-katha-manjari is a well known prose work composed by Kshemendra. It was probably composed in his young age. Brihat katha Manjari gives a true account that around 400 AD, the Gupta king Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) had "unburdened the sacred earth of the barbarians". The original was divided into eighteen Lambhakas and it is a reasonable guess that the term applies to the victories of the hero, each section dealing with his achievement.