Ancient India Set – 10

1. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of:

2. The organic relationship between the ancient cultures of the Indus Valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of:

3. The number system ‘Zero’ was invented by:

4. Which of the following literary works belongs to classical Sanskrit literature?

5. ‘Charak’ was the famous court physician of:

6. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year:

7. Who, according to the Buddhists, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?

8. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at:

9. Upto where did Chandragupta Maurya’s empire extend in the northwest?

10. The ‘Ajivikas’ were a:

11. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?

12. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?

13. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?

14. The Saka era commencing from AD 78, was founded by:

15. Harshavardhana organized his religious assembly at:

16. Who proposed the ‘Eightfold Path’ for the end of misery of mankind?

17. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilisation?

18. Prince Ellara conquered Sri Lanka in the second century b.c. With which of the following dynasties of Dravida ruler was he associated?

19. Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddhism been installed?

20. Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?

21. Which rulers built the Ellora Temples?

22. The title ‘Indian Napoleon’ has been attached to:

23. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?

24. Gandhara School of Art came into existence in:

25. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was: