INDIAN CULTURE ABROAD Flashcards
The Romas (wanderers) went abroad to Turkey and other far fung places via Iran and Iraq. They also went to Europe where they came to be known as?
Gypsies.
During the Mauryan rule who used to look after the shipping administration?
Navadyaksha, i.e., Superintendent of Shipping.
The coins of the last Satavahana king _________ contained the figure of ships.
Yajna Shri Satakarni.
Ports mentioned in Sangam Literature?
- Muziris
- Korkai
- Puhar (Silappadikaram).
- Port– Lothal
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Gujarat
- Associated Dynasty– Indus Valley Civilisation
- Brief Details– export of copper, hardwoods, lapis lazuli etc.
- Port– Barygaza
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Bharuch in Gujarat
- Associated Dynasty– Major trade centre of Roman trade under Western Satraps
- Brief Details– Spice and silk trade.
- Port– Muziris
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Malabar Coast, Kerala
- Associated Dynasty– Chera kingdom
- Brief Details– mentioned in Sangam Literature.
- Port– Korkai
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Tamil Nadu
- Associated Dynasty– Early Pandyan Kingdom
- Brief Details– well known centre of pearl fishery and mentioned in the Sangam literature.
- Port– Puhar (also known as Kaveripattinam)
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Tamil Nadu
- Associated Dynasty– Early Chola
- Brief Details– Mentioned in Silappadikaram.
- Port– Barbarikon
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Pakistan
- Associated Dynasty– Parthians and Scythians
- Brief Details– import of frankincense etc.
- Port– Sounagora
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Wari (Bateshwar in present Bangladesh)
- Associated Dynasty– Mauryan Dynasty
- Brief Details– Mathematician Ptolemy mentioned in his book Geographia.
- Port– Maisolia or Masulipatnam
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
- Associated Dynasty– Satavahana’s reign
- Brief Details– Muslin clothes, Principal sea port of the Golconda Kingdom.
- Port– Tamralipti
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Tamluk, West Bengal
- Associated Dynasty– Mauryan Dynasty
- Brief Details–Exit point of the Mauryan trade route for the south and south-east. Dudhpani rock inscription of Udaymana of 8th century AD contains the last record of Tamralipti as a port of ancient South Asia. Greek geographer Ptolemy mentioned about Tamralipti in his book Geographia. Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang calls the town Tan-mo-lih-ti. It was visited by Xuanzang in 639 AD. Fa-hien stayed here for two years.
- Port– Palur
- Region–
- Associated Dynasty–
- Brief Details–
- Region– Odisa
- Associated Dynasty– Kalinga
- Brief Details– trade of pottery, mentioned by Ptolemy and Xuan Xang in the 2nd century AD and 7th century AD respectively.
Ptolemy’s Geographia mentions about which Indian ports?
- Sounagora (Bangladesh)
- Tamralipti (West Bengal)
- Palur (Odisha).
India invented the number system. Zero was invented by?
Aryabhatta.
The value of ‘Pi’ was first calculated by _________ and he also explained the concept of Pythagoras theoram.
Baudhayana
The binary number system was first described by the Vedic scholar Pingala, in his book __________.
Chandahsastra which is the earliest known Sanskrit treatise on Prosody (the study of poetic metres and verse).
The Fibonacci numbers and their sequence first appeared in Indian mathematics as _________ mentioned by Pingala.
Matrameru.
Kanad devised the atomic theory centuries before John Dalton was born. He speculated the existence of _____ or a small indestructible particles, much like an atom.
Anu.
Indian scientist _______(5th century) contributed to world by rightly calculating the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculation was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun is 365.258756484 days.
Bhaskaracharya.
The first seamless celestial globe was made in Kashmir by Ali Kashmiri Ibn Luqman in the reign of the _________.
Emperor Akbar.
