Ancient India Set – 12

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

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

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

4. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who started the Saka Era and when?

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

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

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

14. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

15. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

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

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

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

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

20. The word ‘Veda’ means:

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

22. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was:

23. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

24. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

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