Consider the following pairs: Site of Ashoka’s major rock edicts Location in the State of 1. Dhauli : Odisha 2. Erragudi : Andhra Pradesh 3. Jaugada : Madh

1. A. Only one pair
2. B. Only two pairs IA
3. C. Only three pairs
4. D. All four pairs

Answer: B

Explanation

The set of 14 major rock edicts (or portions thereof) occur at: Kandahar (in Kandahar district, south Afghanistan) (only portions of rock edicts 12 and 13) Shahbazgarhi (Peshawar district, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan) Mansehra (Hazara district, NWFP, Pakistan) Kalsi (Dehradun district, Uttarakhand) Girnar (Junagadh district, Gujarat) Mumbai–Sopara (originally at Sopara in Thane district, Maharashtra; now in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai; only fragments of rock edicts 8 and 9) Dhauli (Puri district, Orissa; separate rock edicts 1 and 2 replace major rock edicts 11–13) Jaugada (Ganjam district, Orissa; separate rock edicts 1 and 2 replace major rock edicts 11–13) Erragudi (Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh) Sannati (Gulbarga district, Karnataka; portions of rock edicts 12 and 14 and separate rock edicts 1 and 2 were found on a granite slab in a medieval goddess temple.