Ancient India Set – 12

1. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

2. Who started the Saka Era and when?

3. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

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

5. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

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

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

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

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

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

11. The word ‘Veda’ means:

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

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

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

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

22. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was:

23. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

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

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