ancient india Flashcards
national calender
saka samvata
who gave us tripartite division of history
christoph cellarius
ancient period ad
647 AD
most important pali yext
tripitaka
largest pitaka
sutta pitaka
dialogue between millind and nagasena
milindpannaho
who wrote astadhyayi
pannini
who wrote mahabhasya
patanjali
who wrote malvikagnimitra
kalidas
who composed harsha charita
banabhatta
court poet of prithviraj 3
chandbardai
first greek writer who wrote about india
scylax
father of history
herodotus
who wrote biograohy of alexander the great
onesicritus
who wrote indica
magasthenes
who was sent to the court of bimbisara
deimachus
greek ambassador sent to philadelphus of egypt
dionysios
fa hein came to india in
399 ad
first chinese writer who wrote about india
suma chien
who came during the reign iof harshachandra
hiuen tsang 629 ad
first arab traveller whose travel account is available
sulaiman
first person to measure length and breadth of india
ibn hawkal
who was called ustad and vidyasagar
al beruni
who wrote tehqiq i hind
al beruni
real founder of indologist
al beruni
who founded the asiatic society of bengal
william jones
father of indian archeology
alexander cunningam
director gen of archaeological survey
john marshall
study of inscriptions
epigraphy
numismatics society of india
allahbad
first discovered inscription of ashoka
meerut delhi
dashratha nagarjuni cave insc
bihar
samudragupta prayag
allahabad
who issued the largest number of coins
gupta
gold coins issued by gupta rulers
dinar
earliest temple
dasavatara temple
largest buddhist temple
buddhist temple of borobodur
cradle of humankind
africa
earliest evidence of agriculture
mehargarh
first scholar to use the term indus civilisation
john marshall
city without citadel
chanhudaro
largest site
mohenjordaro
largest indian sit
rakhigarhi
only site where remains of horses were found
surkotada
oldest script
harappan script
oldest deciphered script
brahmi
book of scrificial prayers
yajur veda
book of chants
sama veda
book of magic
atharva veda
oldest upanishad
vrihadaranyaka
oldest epic of the world
ramayana
ramayana also called
adi kavya
longest epic
mahabharat
oldest purana
matsya purana
who founded magadha dynasty
bimbisara
macedonia invasion happened in
326 bc
1st tirthankara
rishabha
where was mahavira born
kundgram near vaishali in bihar
statue of bahubali or gometeshwara
sravangbelagola karnataka
where was buddha born
lumbivani in nepal
teacher of buddha
alara kalama
where did buddha die
kushinagr up
hinayana language
pali
mahayana language
sanskrit
who founded nalanda
kumargupta 1
sakas were also called
scythian
official language of satavahanas
prakrit
capital of cheras
vanjii
assembly of tamil poets
sangam
bible of tamil land
kural or muppal
gupta was succeeded by
gato
court poet of samudragupta
harisena
kavi raj
samudragupta
shakespere of india
kalidas
who trabslated manusmriti in english
william jones
founder of chola
vijayalaya
lakh baksh
qutubuddin aibak
slave of qutubuddin aibak
illtutmish
who did razia sultan favour
yakut
who founded khilji dynasty
jalaluddin
mohammad bin tuglaq shifted his capital from delhi to
devagiri
who found the lodhi dynasty
bahlol lodhi
who founded the city of agra
sikandar lodhi
last king of lodhi
ibrahim lodhi
new musalman
jalauddin khilji
who wrote laila majnu
amir khushrao
kitab ul rehla
ibn batuta
who built golconda fort
quil qutub shah
who found hyderabad
quil qutub shah
founder of marathi language
jnanesvara/ jnanadeva
order of mughal rulers
babur
humayun
sher shah
akbar
shah jahan
aurangzebwh
who gave indian the persian language
akbar
who was called alamgir
aurangzeb
who was called zinda pir
aurangzeb
which guru did aurangzeb capture
teg bahadur
which guru was assasinated by afghan
guru gobind singh
who intro mansabdari system
akbar
who built jama masjid
shah jahan
teacher of shivaji
samarth ramdas
treaty between shivaji and mughals
treaty of purandhar
who assumed the title haindava dharmodharak
shivaji
who did sambhaji give shelter to
akbar 2
tarabai was defeated by shanu in battle of
khed
first peshwa
balaji vishwanath
nana saheb
balaji baji rao
third battle of panipat
1761
who got the title of zamorin
vasco da gama
who formed french east india company
colbert
indus valley civilisation belongs to which age
cgalcolithic age
largest number of harappan towns
gujarat
most commonly found animal in harappan sites
unicorn bull
which metal was not known to indus valley people
iron
who was the first to discover traces of harappan
cunningham
which veda contains famous gaytrimatra
rig veda
great bath was in
mohenjo daro
who composed allahbad prasasti
harisena
who wrote ramcharita
sandhyakara nandi
which indus site is located in rajstan
kalibangan
first dockyard in the world
lothal
entrance of harappan civisation
lothal
taxila was famous site of
gandhara art
oldest school of indian philosphy
sankhya
where did buddha preach his first sermon
sarnath
who was a contemporary of both budda and mahavira
bimbisara
lion capital in currency notes was discovered from
sarnath
who was known as amitraghata
bindusara
founder of guota
sri guota
who was known as vikramaditya
chandragupta 2
who is known as kunik
ajatsatru
amit khasru was court poet of
alauddin khilji
satyameva jayante was taken from
mundaka upanishad
first buddhist council
rajagriha
birth of buddha is symbolized by
lotus
earliest city discovered in idia
harappa
oasis of sindhu
mohenjodaro
battle between alexander and porus
hydaspes
post kalidas lived in the court of
chandragupta 2
sangam age is associated with
tamil nadu
mahavira was born in kshatriya clan by the name of
janatrika
who wrote harsha charita
banabhatta
who stopped huns from invading india
skandagupta
charak was court physician of
kanishka
caves of ajanta and ellora belonged to
buddhists
who found nalanda university
kumara gupta
uttaramerur inscription
cholas
famous king of kushan dynasty
kanishka
who doesnt have a stupa
ranchi
which river was known as askini in vedic period
chenab
on what river did dasaragya take place
parushni
vedic grammar is part of
vedang
god of medicine
ashwin
oldest instit of aryans
vidath
title given to ruler during later vedic period
vishpati
which mahajanpad extended to south of narmada river
ashmak
where was buddha born
lumbini
daojali hading site
assam
kalibangan is famous for its
pottery
buddha clan
sakya
alwar saints
tamil nadu
how many mahajanpadas
16
teachings of lord mahavira
agam sutra
mohenjo daro was locally named
mound of dead
language used to propagate buddhism
pali
veda that deals with rituals
yajurveda
mahavira’s first disciple
jamali
founder of satvahana empire
simuka
chalukya temple at dilwara
rajasthan
vedic civilisation in india flourished along the river of
saraswati
capital of vijayangara
hampi
republic that was confederacy of trbes
vajji
vikramshila university
dharmapala
brihadeshwar temple
thanjavur
capital of mauryan empire
pataliputra
ajanta caves were built during period of
gupta
centre of roman trade during sangam age
musiri
jorwe culture
maharashtra
temple in indonesia where scenes from ramayan and mahabharat
borobudur
who has asked india to return the famous statue of dancing girl from mohenjodaro
pakistan
last recognised ruler of gupta
vishnugupta
buddhist literary work languave
pali
gandhara art
indo greek
gayatrimantra is addressed to
savitri
who composed gayatrimantra
sage vishwamitra
sohan culture
paleolithic culture
kalhana’s book
rajatarangini
majority of early stone age tools
quartzite
harappan civilisation discovered in
1921
who develop carbon dating system
willard libby
people of indus built houses with
pucca bricks
fahein came to india during the reign of
chandraguota 2
which river is most described in rig veda
sindhu
alexander and army of porus camped opposute
jhelum
daojali hading
assam
battle of kalinga
261 bc
kalibangan is famous for
pottery
other name for bimbisara
shrenika
who accompanied mahmud ghazni
al beruni
who issued purest form of gold
kushanas
roman coins have been found at
arikmendu
first empire builder of indian history
mahapadmanad
worlds first oil paintings
afganistan
buddha took his last meal in capital city of
mallas
who wrote si yu ki
huan tsang
bhimbetka famous for
cave painting
by which name burma was knwon to people of ancient people
suvarnabhoomi
oldest empire
mauryan
satvahanas coins made of
lead
light of asia
buddha
breaker of forts or war god
indra
utensils of indus
clay
vedic literature is also known as
shruti
aghanya refers to
cow
first compiled vedas
rig veda
couple burial was found in
lothal
harappan has commercial relations with
mesopotamia
similarity in seals found in mohenjodaro and
sumeria
most valuable early vedic period
cattle
magadha empire on the banks of
son river
rug veda contains …. hyms
1028
under which tree queen mayadevi gave birth to buddha
sal tree
23rd tirthanlkara of jainism
parsvanatha
who is known as amritghata
bindusara
script of indus
undeciphered
collection of vedic hymns or mantras
samhita
harsha moved his capital from
thanesar to kannauj
gayatri mantra is in
rig veda
who was the teacher of chandragupta
chanakya
symbol of gupta empire
garuda
on which river bank was harappan situated
ravi
in vedic period society was divided into
4 classes called varnas
edicts of ashoka were written in
prakrit
in whose reign first chinese traveller came
chandra 2
capital fo gupta
pataliputra
who built ankor wat temple
aniruddha
ataranjikheda
up
ashoka also known as
priyadarshi
during the last stages of life chandra 2 adopted which religion
jainism
who established sachi stupa
ashoka
