Ancient India Set – 10

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

2. Which rulers built the Ellora Temples?

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

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

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

6. Gandhara School of Art came into existence in:

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

8. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year:

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

10. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at:

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

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

13. The ‘Ajivikas’ were a:

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

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

16. Harshavardhana organized his religious assembly at:

17. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was:

18. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?

19. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?

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

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

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

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

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

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