Question

Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which of the following Indian ruler?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Chandragupta I
(C) Ashoka
(D) Harshavardhana

Answer 1

Hint:: Kautilya was the Prime of the King of the Magadh Dynasty, who also ruled the state of Punjab for many years. He also overthrew the Nanda Dynasty and ruled its capital Patliputra for a longer time. He always took advice from Kautilya and always considered his advice as to the milestone to success.

Complete answer:
Kautilya was the Prime Minister and the main advisor of Chandragupta Maurya. He was more famous by the name of Chanakya among people. Apart from being the best advisor, he was a scholar and a great teacher of his time. Before the assault of Greek rulers on India, he was the senior professor at Taxila University. He played a major role in the establishment of the Mauryan Empire in India. He helped Chandragupta a lot in ascending the throne of the Mauryan Empire. Chandragupta was the first Emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty. The Mauryan Empire is considered the largest and the strongest empire to rule in Indian History. It is said that Chanakya admitted Chandragupta to his University and taught him the principles of war, the throne, and everything there. He first advises him and helps him in plotting a strategy to conquer Magadha and laterward, he supports him in building his own empire.
So, the correct answer is Option A.

Note: Kautilya was so brilliant that he has learned the whole ‘Samudra Shastra' and because of this, he can exactly tell what a person is thinking at present by just reading his facial expressions. He wrote a book named ‘Arthashastra’ in which he had written everything about how to win an empire as a guide to the later Mauryan rulers. He united almost all parts of India to fight against ‘Alexander the Great'.