Asked: U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013medium Level
ID: 693f1d23128ec97c3fdfd5ec
QUESTION STATEMENT:

युद्ध भूमि में बड़ी संख्या में सैनिकों के मारे जाने अथवा आहत हो जाने के बाद किस भारतीय गण अथवा राज्य की स्त्रियों ने सिकंदर के विरुद्ध शस्त्र धारण किया था?

The women of which Indian republic or kingdom had taken up arms against Alexander after a large number of its soldiers had been killed or wounded in the battlefield ?

SELECT CORRECT OPTION:
A
Abhisara
अभिसार
B
Glausai
ग्लउसाइ
C
Katha
कठ
D
Massaga
मस्सग
Correct
Official Solution & Explanation:
Correct Answer: Option D (Massaga)

सिकंदर के आक्रमण के समय अश्वक एक सीमांत गणराज्य था, जिसकी राजधानी मस्सग थी। यूनानी लेखकों के अनुसार, सिकंदर के विरुद्ध हुए युद्ध में बड़ी संख्या में पुरुष सैनिकों के मारे जाने के पश्चात यहां की स्त्रियों ने शस्त्र धारण किए थे।

Ashvaka was a frontier republic at the time of the invasion of Alexander, whose capital was Massaga. According to Greek writers, the women had taken up arms against Alexander when a large number of men were killed in the war against him. This description describes that Alexander had killed all the women of this town.

Subject: Indian History•Topic: History of Ancient India•Subtopic: Greek Invasion
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