Ancient India Set – 12

1. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

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

3. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

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

5. The word ‘Veda’ means:

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

7. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

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

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

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

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

12. Who started the Saka Era and when?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

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

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

23. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

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

25. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was: