Ancient India Set – 12

1. Who started the Saka Era and when?

2. ‘Charaka’ was the famous court physician of:

3. The Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronized by the:

4. Which one of the following Chola Kings conquered Ceylon (Singhal) first?

5. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

6. During which Gupta King’s reign did the Chinese traveller Fahien visit India?

7. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was:

8. With which of the following centers dimming, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?

9. Arabs were defeated in 738 a.d. by:

10. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

11. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy?

12. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

13. The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was:

14. Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?

15. The word ‘Veda’ means:

16. Roth temples at Mahabalipuram were built in the reign of which Pallava ruler?

17. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called:

18. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

19. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?

20. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

21. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are:

22. In the Gupta period, the largest numbers of coins were issued in:

23. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?

24. St. Thomas is said to have come to India to propagate Christianity during the reign of the:

25. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of