In which of the following relief sculpture inscriptions is 'Ranyo Ashoka' (King Ashoka) mentioned along with the stone portrait of Ashoka?

1. A

   Kanganahalli

   (a) Kanganahalli. At Kanaganahalli (Sannati, Kalaburagi, Karnataka) a limestone portrait of a king is labelled ‘Ranyo Ashoka’ — King Ashoka — on a sculpted slab from the Mahastupa. That inscribed portrait is the official key.

2. B

   Sanchi

   (b) Sanchi. Sanchi has Ashokan pillars and stupas but not this labelled stone portrait reading Ranyo Ashoka, so it is not the key.

3. C

   Shahbazgarhi

   (c) Shahbazgarhi. This is a major set of Ashokan Major Rock Edicts in Kharoshthi in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, without that named portrait, so it is not the key.

4. D

   Sohgaura

   (d) Sohgaura. A Mauryan storehouse plaque, not an Ashoka portrait inscription, so it is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (a) Kanganahalli. The Sannati–Kanaganahalli stupa yielded a labelled royal portrait ‘Ranyo Ashoka’, a rare named image of the emperor. Sanchi and Shahbazgarhi are Ashokan in other ways; Sohgaura is unrelated to that portrait. Honour the stored letter (a).