Ancient India Set – 12

1. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

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

3. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was:

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

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

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

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

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

9. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

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

11. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

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

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

14. Who started the Saka Era and when?

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

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

17. The word ‘Veda’ means:

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

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

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

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

22. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

23. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

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

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