Ancient India Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is known as the Jain Temple City?
2. The sage who is considered to have Aryanised southern India was
3. What is the name of the preaching mudra of gesture, in Which the Buddha is depicted delivering his first sermon, In the Gandhara Sculptures?
4. Under which of the following trees, Buddha got enlightment?
5. Name the ruler whose reign was a witness to both Vardhaman Mahavira and the Buddha preaching their respective doctrines?
6. The successors of the Satavahanas in the Deccan were the
7. River Chenab was known is ancient times as
8. A Gupta king has been called an Indian Napoleon and he was also an accomplished poet and musician (player of Veena) who was he?
9. Satavahana rule was extended to the Coromandal Coast by
10. The Hindu social sacraments such as marriage etc. are performed on the basis of the rituals described in the
11. The earlier Buddhist sculptures had shied away from depicting the image of the Buddha, except through such symbols as
12. Who erected the Garuda pillar at Besnagar?
13. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
14. Who among the following rulers had embraced Jainism?
15. Which of the following was the first metal to be discovered and used as tools by humans?
16. The Eight-fold path was enunciated by
17. In Greek texts, who among the following has been mentioned as Amitrochates?
18. Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
19. The Rigvedic Aryans were governed by a
20. The only Veda to have been rendered musically is