Ancient India Set – 10

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

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

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

4. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?

5. Which rulers built the Ellora Temples?

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

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

8. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year:

9. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was:

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

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

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

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

14. The ‘Ajivikas’ were a:

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

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

17. Gandhara School of Art came into existence in:

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

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

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

21. Harshavardhana organized his religious assembly at:

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

23. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?

24. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at:

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