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  1. Chola Dynasty 
  2. Gupta Empire
  3. Maurya Empire
  4. Chera Dynasty
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Option 3 : Maurya Empire

The correct answer is option 3) i.e. the Maurya Empire.

  • The Barabar Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, mostly dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Bela Ganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar, India, 24 km north of Gaya.
  • These caves are situated in the twin hills of Barabar and Nagarjuni.
  • Caves of Nagarjuni Hill sometimes are singled out as Nagarjuni Caves. These rock-cut chambers date back to the 3rd century BC, Maurya period, of Ashoka (273-232 BCE) and his son Dasaratha Maurya.
  • The caves were used by ascetics from the Ajivika sect, founded by Makkali Gosala, a contemporary of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, and of Mahavira, the last and 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
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