Ancient India

Question 1

Mudrarakshasa (Chandragupta Maurya defeating the Nandas)

Answer 1

Vishakhadatta

Question 2

Devichandraguptam (Story of Chandragupta Maurya; sanskrit language drama)

Answer 2

Vishakhadatta

Question 3

Malavikagnimitram (Story of Agnimitra Sunga, S/O Pushyamitra Sunga; love story with Malvika)

Answer 3

Kalidas

Question 4

Gudavaho (Yasovarman of Kannauj; poem; Prakrit language)

Answer 4

Vakpati (poet in court of Yashovarman)

Question 5

Vikramanakadevacharita (Chalukya king Vikramaditya)

Answer 5

Bilhana (11 century kashmiri poet)

Question 6

Kumarapalacharita

Answer 6

Jayasimha

Question 7

Hammirakavya (15th century sanskrit poem about 13th century Chahaman King Hammira[ancesory, conquests, battle and loss to alludin Khilji))

Answer 7

Nyayachandra Suri (Jain poet)

Question 8

Dvayashraya Mahakavya

Answer 8

Hemchandra (Jain poet)

Question 9

Navashasankacharita (sanskrit poem about Parmar King Sindhuraja aka Navashashank)

Answer 9

Padmagupta (court poet of Parmar dynasty)

Question 10

Bhojaprabandha (collection of sanskrit prose and poems; contains stories of 11th century Parmar dynasty King Bhoj)

Answer 10

Billala

Question 11

Prithvirajcharita

Answer 11

Chandrabardai

Question 12

Meghaduta (message of king Kuber to his wife through a cloud)

Answer 12

Kalidas

Question 13

Raghuvamsa (About Raghu Kul predecessor of King Dashrath and King Ram)

Answer 13

Kalidas

Question 14

Kumarasambhava (birth of Kumara (Kārtikeya), the son of Shiva and Parvati)

Answer 14

Kalidas

Question 15

Vikramorvasiyam (5 Act Sanskrit play; love story of king Pururavas and an Apsara, a celestial nymph named Urvashi)

Answer 15

Kalidas

Question 16

Abhijnanashakuntalam (Drama) (story of Shakuntala told in the epic Mahabharata)

Answer 16

Kalidas

Question 17

Mrichakatika (ten-act Sanskrit drama; young Brahmin, Sanskrit: Cārudatta, who falls in love with a wealthy courtesan or nagarvadhu, Sanskrit: Vasantasenā)

Answer 17

Sudraka

Question 18

Uttarama-Charita (Continuation to Valmiki Ramayana)

Answer 18

Bhavabhuti

Question 19

Malati Madhava (The drama Malati Madhava is set in the city of Padmavati. The king of the state wished that his minister’s daughter Malati should marry a youth named Nandana)

Answer 19

Bhavabhuti

Question 20

Amarakosha (Namalinganushasanam: Sanskrit Thesaurus)

Answer 20

Amarasimha (Navratna of King Vikramadity’s court; around 400 AD)

Question 21

Si-yu-Ki

Answer 21

Hiuen Tsang

Question 22

Brahmasiddhanta (mathematical astronomy)

Answer 22

Brahmagupta

Question 23

Khandakhadya (Astronomical Treatise)

Answer 23

Brahmagupta

Question 24

Dasakumaracharita (prose romance in Sanskrit; ten princes in their pursuit of love and royal power)

Answer 24

Dandi

Question 25

Astanga-Sangraha (compilation of the eight branches of Ayurveda such as: Kaya, Bala, Graha, Urdhvanga, Salya, Damstra, Jara and Vrsa)

Answer 25

Vagabhatta (Buddhist physician)

Question 26

Astanga-Hirdaya-Samhita (Ancient Ayurvedic text book)

Answer 26

Vagabhatta (Buddhist physician)

Question 27

Panchsiddhantika (Astronomy)

Answer 27

Varahamihira (Hindu Polymath from Ujjain)

Question 28

Suryasiddhanta (Astronomy)

Answer 28

Varahamihira(Hindu Polymath from Ujjain)

Question 29

Brihatsamhita (Astronomy)

Answer 29

Varahamihira (Hindu Polymath from Ujjain)

Question 30

Karpuramanjari (Prakrit play)

Answer 30

Rajashekhara

Question 31

Bala Ramayana

Answer 31

Rajashekhara

Question 32

Bala Bharata

Answer 32

Rajashekhara

Question 33

Kavyamimamsa (Prakrit)

Answer 33

Rajashekhara

Question 34

Bhuvana Kosha

Answer 34

Rajashekhara

Question 35

Haravilasa

Answer 35

Rajashekhara

Question 36

Adinathacharita (Jaina Narrative on 1st Tirthankara)

Answer 36

Vardhamana

Question 37

Shantinathacharita (Jaina Narrative on 16th tirthankara)

Answer 37

Devachandra

Question 38

Parsvanathacharita (Jaina Narrative on 23rd tirthankara)

Answer 38

Devabhadra

Question 39

Prithviraja Vijay (eulogistic Sanskrit epic poem on the life of the Indian Chahamana king Prithviraja III)

Answer 39

Jayanka

Question 40

Karnasundari (natika)

Answer 40

Bilhana

Question 41

Sapta Sadhana

Answer 41

Hemchandra (Jain poet)

Question 42

Saraswati Kanthabharana

Answer 42

Bhoja (Raja Bhoja)

Question 43

Dasharupa

Answer 43

Dhananjaya

Question 44

Harikeli Nataka (Sanskrit drama)

Answer 44

Visaladeva ( Vigraharaja IV of Chauhan dynasty)

Question 45

Prasannaraghava

Answer 45

Jayadeva

Question 46

Siddhanta Shiromani [4 parts – Lilavati, Bijaganita, Grahaganita & Gola (on Astronomy)]

Answer 46

Bhaskaracharya

Question 47

Rajmariganka (On Astronomy)

Answer 47

King Bhoja

Question 48

Chikitsakalika or Yogamala

Answer 48

Tisata (Vagbhatta’s Son)

Question 49

Mitakasara (vivrti (legal commentary) on the Yajnavalkya Smriti best known for its theory of "inheritance by birth.")

Answer 49

Vijnanaeshvara ( scholar in the Western Chalukya court in the late eleventh and early twelfth century)

Question 50

Nitishastra (On Polity)

Answer 50

Mathara

Question 51

Nitisara (On Polity)

Answer 51

Kamandaka

Question 52

Sushruta Samhita (encyclopedia on surgery)

Answer 52

Sushruta

Question 53

Charaka Samhita (Book on medicine)

Answer 53

Charaka

Question 54

Buddhacharita

Answer 54

Asvaghosha (father of Sanskrit drama)

Question 55

Vajrasuchi

Answer 55

Asvaghosha (father of Sanskrit drama)

Question 56

Saundarananda

Answer 56

Asvaghosha (father of Sanskrit drama)

Question 57

Mahabhasya

Answer 57

Patanjali

Question 58

Harshacharita

Answer 58

Banabhatta

Question 59

Kadambari

Answer 59

Banabhatta

Question 60

Ravan Vadha

Answer 60

Bhattin