Q. Which of the following statements about Bindusara is not correct? Answer:
Taranatha, the Tibetan Buddhist monk visited his court
Notes:
Bindusara was known to the Greeks as ‘Amitrochates’ (derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Amitraghata’ or slayer of foes)
According to Taranatha, the Tibetan Buddhist monk who visited India in the 16th century, Bindusara conquered 16 states, comprising ‘the land between the two seas, presumably the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
Bindusara had contacts with Antiochus I, the Seleucid king of Syria whose ambassador, Deimachus, was said to have been at the Mauryan court, Bindusara wrote to Antiochus I asking for some sweet wine, dried figs and a sophist to be sent to the Mauryan court.
In the religious sphere, Bindusara was more interested in the Ajivika sect than in other heterodox sects.