Ancient India Set – 12

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

2. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

3. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

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

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

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

7. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

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

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

10. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

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

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

13. Who started the Saka Era and when?

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

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

16. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

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

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

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

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

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

22. The word ‘Veda’ means:

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

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

25. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was: