Discussion
Today, we consider Ashoka as a great ruler because of the copious evidence he left behind in the form of stone carved edicts. Historians tend to correlate greatness of a king at his time with the availability of evidence today.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences?
Answer: D
The inference is A king's greatness, as we know him today, is interpreted by historians.
The passage says we consider Ashoka great because of the evidence he left, and that historians correlate a king's greatness with the evidence available today. So the greatness we now attribute to a king is a judgement historians make from surviving evidence.
'completely forgotten' is too strong: the passage links evidence with judgements of greatness, not with being remembered at all. Ashoka's motive for carving edicts is never discussed, so the option about earning historians' respect reads intent into the text. Statues are not mentioned; the evidence is edicts.
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