Q. Which king was reffered as ‘Devanampiya Piyadassi’
Solution:
- Maski and Gujara Pillars in Madhya Pradesh has inscriptions that refer to Ashoka as Devanampriya or Piyadasi.
- Devanampriya, also Devanampiya, was a Pali honorific epithet used by a few Indian monarchs, but most particularly the Indian Emperor Ashoka (r.269-233 BCE) in his inscriptions (the Edicts of Ashoka).
- ‘Devanampriya’ means ‘Beloved of the Gods’. It is often used by Ashoka in conjunction with the title Priyadasi, which means ‘He who regards others with kindness’, ‘Humane’.
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