Which of the following steps was not taken by Ashoka to promote and patronise Buddhism?
(a) He erected a commemorative pillar at the place where the Buddha was said to have been born
(b) Lumbini was made free of religious cess and revenue was reduced to only one-eighth share (of the produce)
(c) He got thousands of dissenter monks expelled from the Ashokarama monastery
(d) He tooka a great deal of personal interest in the welfare of the monks and the nuns
