Question : Who among the following Mauryan king fasted to death and died at Shravanabelagola?
Option 1: Bindusara
Option 2: Dasharatha
Option 3: Chandragupta Maurya
Option 4: Ashoka
Correct Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
Solution : The correct answer is Chandragupta Maurya .
The circumstances surrounding Chandragupta's death remain unclear and disputed. According to Digambara Jain accounts, foreseeing a 12-year famine due to the violence of Chandragupta Maurya's conquests, Jain leader Bhadrabahu led monks, including Chandragupta, to south India. After abdicating in favour of his son Bindusara, Chandragupta embraced asceticism in Shravanabelagola, Karnataka. According to Digambara legend, he lived as an ascetic before undertaking sallekhana, a form of fasting unto death.
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