Ancient India Quiz 16 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which among the following is considered to be the official law book of the Guptas?

2. What is the first discourse that the Buddha had delivered at the Deer Park in Sarnath called?

3. Which of the following was the cause of the decline of Buddhism?

4. The salient feature of the Rig Vedic religion was worship of

5. 'Abhijnanasakuntalam' has been reckoned as a masterpiece of

6. The original teachings of Mahavira are contained in the

7. Which of the following was an Indian sage cum Guru and is said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century?

8. Rigveda Samhita denotes one-fourth of its hymns to:

9. The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in

10. Which of the following Chinise rulers built the great wall of China?

11. Which of the following Indus Valley sites is presently in Pakistan?

12. In the early Vedic-period, Varna system was based on

13. The Digambaras and Shvetambaras differ primarily with regard to their

14. The first Grammarian of the Sanakrit language was

15. Who among the following first postulated that '' All objects in the Physical Universe are reducible to a finite number of atoms" ?

16. Which Chola ruler had conquered the northern part of Sri Lanka and made it a province of his empire?

17. The Nanda dynasty was established by

18. The Harappans did not know the use of

19. Which among the following sites of Indus Valley Civilization marks the "Absence of Mother goddess figurines" ?

20. The chief impact of vedic culture on Indian history has been

21. India's earliest contact with Islam was established through

22. The Saka era started from the year

23. The Saka Era was founded by

24. Which one of the following was initially the most powerful city state of India in the 6th century BC?

25. Vaishnavism, a later development of Bhagavatism, advocates the worship of