Ancient India Set – 12

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

2. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in:

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

12. Name the clan that belong to Buddha:

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

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

15. Name the capital of the Pallavas:

16. Buddha preached his first sermon at:

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

18. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to:

19. Who started the Saka Era and when?

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

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

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

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

24. The word ‘Veda’ means:

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