24.Which of the following has been a patron of Ajivika order?
Ajivika (IAST: Ājīvika) is one of the nāstika or "heterodox" schools of Indian philosophy.[7][8] Believed to be founded in the 5th century BCE by Makkhali Gosala, it was a śramaṇa movement and a major rival of Vedic religion, early Buddhism and Jainism.[9] Ājīvikas were organised renunciates who formed discrete communities.[10] The precise identity of the Ajivikas is not well known, and it is even unclear if they were a divergent sect of the Buddhists or the Jains.[11]
