ancient india Flashcards
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national calender
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saka samvata
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who gave us tripartite division of history
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christoph cellarius
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ancient period ad
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647 AD
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most important pali yext
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tripitaka
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largest pitaka
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sutta pitaka
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dialogue between millind and nagasena
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milindpannaho
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who wrote astadhyayi
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pannini
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who wrote mahabhasya
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patanjali
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who wrote malvikagnimitra
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kalidas
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who composed harsha charita
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banabhatta
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court poet of prithviraj 3
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chandbardai
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first greek writer who wrote about india
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scylax
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father of history
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herodotus
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who wrote biograohy of alexander the great
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onesicritus
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who wrote indica
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magasthenes
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who was sent to the court of bimbisara
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deimachus
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greek ambassador sent to philadelphus of egypt
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dionysios
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fa hein came to india in
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399 ad
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first chinese writer who wrote about india
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suma chien
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who came during the reign iof harshachandra
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hiuen tsang 629 ad
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first arab traveller whose travel account is available
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sulaiman
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first person to measure length and breadth of india
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ibn hawkal
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who was called ustad and vidyasagar
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al beruni
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who wrote tehqiq i hind
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al beruni
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real founder of indologist
al beruni
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who founded the asiatic society of bengal
william jones
27
father of indian archeology
alexander cunningam
28
director gen of archaeological survey
john marshall
29
study of inscriptions
epigraphy
30
numismatics society of india
allahbad
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first discovered inscription of ashoka
meerut delhi
32
dashratha nagarjuni cave insc
bihar
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samudragupta prayag
allahabad
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who issued the largest number of coins
gupta
35
gold coins issued by gupta rulers
dinar
36
earliest temple
dasavatara temple
37
largest buddhist temple
buddhist temple of borobodur
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cradle of humankind
africa
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earliest evidence of agriculture
mehargarh
40
first scholar to use the term indus civilisation
john marshall
41
city without citadel
chanhudaro
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largest site
mohenjordaro
43
largest indian sit
rakhigarhi
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only site where remains of horses were found
surkotada
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oldest script
harappan script
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oldest deciphered script
brahmi
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book of scrificial prayers
yajur veda
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book of chants
sama veda
49
book of magic
atharva veda
50
oldest upanishad
vrihadaranyaka
51
oldest epic of the world
ramayana
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ramayana also called
adi kavya
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longest epic
mahabharat
54
oldest purana
matsya purana
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who founded magadha dynasty
bimbisara
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macedonia invasion happened in
326 bc
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1st tirthankara
rishabha
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where was mahavira born
kundgram near vaishali in bihar
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statue of bahubali or gometeshwara
sravangbelagola karnataka
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where was buddha born
lumbivani in nepal
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teacher of buddha
alara kalama
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where did buddha die
kushinagr up
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hinayana language
pali
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mahayana language
sanskrit
65
who founded nalanda
kumargupta 1
66
sakas were also called
scythian
67
official language of satavahanas
prakrit
68
capital of cheras
vanjii
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assembly of tamil poets
sangam
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bible of tamil land
kural or muppal
71
gupta was succeeded by
gato
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court poet of samudragupta
harisena
73
kavi raj
samudragupta
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shakespere of india
kalidas
75
who trabslated manusmriti in english
william jones
76
founder of chola
vijayalaya
77
lakh baksh
qutubuddin aibak
78
slave of qutubuddin aibak
illtutmish
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who did razia sultan favour
yakut
80
who founded khilji dynasty
jalaluddin
81
mohammad bin tuglaq shifted his capital from delhi to
devagiri
82
who found the lodhi dynasty
bahlol lodhi
83
who founded the city of agra
sikandar lodhi
84
last king of lodhi
ibrahim lodhi
85
new musalman
jalauddin khilji
86
who wrote laila majnu
amir khushrao
87
kitab ul rehla
ibn batuta
88
who built golconda fort
quil qutub shah
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who found hyderabad
quil qutub shah
90
founder of marathi language
jnanesvara/ jnanadeva
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order of mughal rulers
babur
humayun
sher shah
akbar
shah jahan
aurangzebwh
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who gave indian the persian language
akbar
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who was called alamgir
aurangzeb
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who was called zinda pir
aurangzeb
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which guru did aurangzeb capture
teg bahadur
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which guru was assasinated by afghan
guru gobind singh
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who intro mansabdari system
akbar
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who built jama masjid
shah jahan
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teacher of shivaji
samarth ramdas
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treaty between shivaji and mughals
treaty of purandhar
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who assumed the title haindava dharmodharak
shivaji
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who did sambhaji give shelter to
akbar 2
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tarabai was defeated by shanu in battle of
khed
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first peshwa
balaji vishwanath
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nana saheb
balaji baji rao
106
third battle of panipat
1761
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who got the title of zamorin
vasco da gama
108
who formed french east india company
colbert
109
indus valley civilisation belongs to which age
cgalcolithic age
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largest number of harappan towns
gujarat
111
most commonly found animal in harappan sites
unicorn bull
112
which metal was not known to indus valley people
iron
113
who was the first to discover traces of harappan
cunningham
114
which veda contains famous gaytrimatra
rig veda
115
great bath was in
mohenjo daro
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who composed allahbad prasasti
harisena
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who wrote ramcharita
sandhyakara nandi
118
which indus site is located in rajstan
kalibangan
119
first dockyard in the world
lothal
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entrance of harappan civisation
lothal
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taxila was famous site of
gandhara art
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oldest school of indian philosphy
sankhya
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where did buddha preach his first sermon
sarnath
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who was a contemporary of both budda and mahavira
bimbisara
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lion capital in currency notes was discovered from
sarnath
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who was known as amitraghata
bindusara
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founder of guota
sri guota
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who was known as vikramaditya
chandragupta 2
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who is known as kunik
ajatsatru
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amit khasru was court poet of
alauddin khilji
131
satyameva jayante was taken from
mundaka upanishad
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first buddhist council
rajagriha
133
birth of buddha is symbolized by
lotus
134
earliest city discovered in idia
harappa
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oasis of sindhu
mohenjodaro
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battle between alexander and porus
hydaspes
137
post kalidas lived in the court of
chandragupta 2
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sangam age is associated with
tamil nadu
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mahavira was born in kshatriya clan by the name of
janatrika
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who wrote harsha charita
banabhatta
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who stopped huns from invading india
skandagupta
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charak was court physician of
kanishka
143
caves of ajanta and ellora belonged to
buddhists
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who found nalanda university
kumara gupta
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uttaramerur inscription
cholas
146
famous king of kushan dynasty
kanishka
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who doesnt have a stupa
ranchi
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which river was known as askini in vedic period
chenab
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on what river did dasaragya take place
parushni
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vedic grammar is part of
vedang
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god of medicine
ashwin
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oldest instit of aryans
vidath
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title given to ruler during later vedic period
vishpati
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which mahajanpad extended to south of narmada river
ashmak
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where was buddha born
lumbini
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daojali hading site
assam
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kalibangan is famous for its
pottery
158
buddha clan
sakya
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alwar saints
tamil nadu
160
how many mahajanpadas
16
161
teachings of lord mahavira
agam sutra
162
mohenjo daro was locally named
mound of dead
163
language used to propagate buddhism
pali
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veda that deals with rituals
yajurveda
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mahavira's first disciple
jamali
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founder of satvahana empire
simuka
167
chalukya temple at dilwara
rajasthan
168
vedic civilisation in india flourished along the river of
saraswati
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capital of vijayangara
hampi
170
republic that was confederacy of trbes
vajji
171
vikramshila university
dharmapala
172
brihadeshwar temple
thanjavur
173
capital of mauryan empire
pataliputra
174
ajanta caves were built during period of
gupta
175
centre of roman trade during sangam age
musiri
176
jorwe culture
maharashtra
177
temple in indonesia where scenes from ramayan and mahabharat
borobudur
178
who has asked india to return the famous statue of dancing girl from mohenjodaro
pakistan
179
last recognised ruler of gupta
vishnugupta
180
buddhist literary work languave
pali
181
gandhara art
indo greek
182
gayatrimantra is addressed to
savitri
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who composed gayatrimantra
sage vishwamitra
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sohan culture
paleolithic culture
185
kalhana's book
rajatarangini
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majority of early stone age tools
quartzite
187
harappan civilisation discovered in
1921
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who develop carbon dating system
willard libby
189
people of indus built houses with
pucca bricks
190
fahein came to india during the reign of
chandraguota 2
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which river is most described in rig veda
sindhu
192
alexander and army of porus camped opposute
jhelum
193
daojali hading
assam
194
battle of kalinga
261 bc
195
kalibangan is famous for
pottery
196
other name for bimbisara
shrenika
197
who accompanied mahmud ghazni
al beruni
198
who issued purest form of gold
kushanas
199
roman coins have been found at
arikmendu
200
first empire builder of indian history
mahapadmanad
201
worlds first oil paintings
afganistan
202
buddha took his last meal in capital city of
mallas
203
who wrote si yu ki
huan tsang
204
bhimbetka famous for
cave painting
205
by which name burma was knwon to people of ancient people
suvarnabhoomi
206
oldest empire
mauryan
207
satvahanas coins made of
lead
208
light of asia
buddha
209
breaker of forts or war god
indra
210
utensils of indus
clay
211
vedic literature is also known as
shruti
212
aghanya refers to
cow
213
first compiled vedas
rig veda
214
couple burial was found in
lothal
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harappan has commercial relations with
mesopotamia
216
similarity in seals found in mohenjodaro and
sumeria
217
most valuable early vedic period
cattle
218
magadha empire on the banks of
son river
219
rug veda contains .... hyms
1028
220
under which tree queen mayadevi gave birth to buddha
sal tree
221
23rd tirthanlkara of jainism
parsvanatha
222
who is known as amritghata
bindusara
223
script of indus
undeciphered
224
collection of vedic hymns or mantras
samhita
225
harsha moved his capital from
thanesar to kannauj
226
gayatri mantra is in
rig veda
227
who was the teacher of chandragupta
chanakya
228
symbol of gupta empire
garuda
229
on which river bank was harappan situated
ravi
230
in vedic period society was divided into
4 classes called varnas
231
edicts of ashoka were written in
prakrit
232
in whose reign first chinese traveller came
chandra 2
233
capital fo gupta
pataliputra
234
who built ankor wat temple
aniruddha
235
ataranjikheda
up
236
ashoka also known as
priyadarshi
237
during the last stages of life chandra 2 adopted which religion
jainism
238
who established sachi stupa
ashoka
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