POST-MAURYAN INDIA Flashcards
FOUNDER OF SUNGA DYNASTY?
PUSHYAMITRA SUNGA.
HE WAS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF UNDER THE MAURYAS.
WHICH KING WAS KNOWN AS THE PERSECUTOR OF BUDDHISM?
PUSHYAMITRA SUNGA.
HE WAS A STAUNCH FOLLOWER OF BRAHMANISM.
BUDDHIST SOURCES REFER HIM AS A PERSECUTOR OF BUDDHISM.
LAST SUNGA RULER WAS _______, WHO WAS MURDERED BY HIS MINISTER ________.
DEVABHUTI, MURDERED BY VASUDEVA KANVA (FOUNDER OF THE KANVA DYNASTY).
NASIK AND NANAGHAD INSCRIPTIONS TELL US ABOUT THE REIGN OF?
GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI.
FOUNDER OF SATAVAHANA DYNASTY?
SIMUKA.
BOOK GATHASAPTASATI IS WRITTEN BY?
GATHASAPTASATI AKA SATTASAI IS WRITTEN BY HALA- THE SEVENTEENTH KING OF SATAVAHANA DYNASTY.
BOOK IS IN PRAKRIT.
COINS USED IN SATAVAHANA DYNASTY?
SILVER COINS CALLED KARSHAPANAS WERE USED.
GREATEST PORT OF THE SATAVAHANAS?
KALYANI ON THE WEST DECCAN.
GANDAKASELA AND GANJAM ON THE EAST COAST.
KUSHANAS WERE A BRANCH OF WHICH TRIBE?
YUCHI TRIBE.
FOUNDER OF KUSHANA DYNASTY?
KUJULA KADPHISES OR KADPHISES 1.
_______ ISSUED GOLD COINS WITH HIGH SOUNDING TITLES LIKE THE “LORD OF THE WHOLE WORLD”. HE WAS A DEVOTEE OF LORD SHIVA.
WIMA KADPHISES OR KADPHISES 2. KUSHANA RULER.
WHO FOUNDED SAKA ERA?
KANISHKA WAS THE FOUNDER OF SAKA ERA WHICH STARTS FROM 78 A.D.
DURING HIS FIRST EXPEDITION KANISHKA WAS DEFEATED BY THE CHINESE GENERAL _________.
PANCHO.
FAMOUS SCHOLARS AND PHYSICIANS PATRONIZED BY KANISHKA?
- VASUMITRA, ASHVAGHOSHA, NAGARJUNA- BUDDHIST SCHOLARS.
- CHARAKA- PHYSICIAN.
FOURTH BUDDHIST COUNCIL WAS HELD AT WHICH MONASTERY?
KUNDALAVANA MONASTERY NEAR SRINAGAR IN KASHMIR.
SALIENT FEATURES OF GANDHARA ART?
- MOULDING HUMAN BODY IN A REALISTIC MANNER WITH MINUTE ATTENTION TO PHYSICAL FEATURES LIKE MUSCLES, MUSTACHE AND CURLY HAIR.
- THICK DRAPERY WITH LARGE AND BOLD FOLD LINES.
- RICH CARVING, ELABORATE ORNAMENTATION AND SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS.
- THE MAIN THEME WAS THE NEW FORM OF BUDDHISM MAHAYANISM AND THE EVOLUTION OF AN IMAGE OF BUDDHA.
HOW IS MATHURA SCHOOL OF ART DIFFERENT FROM GANDHARA SCHOOL?
- MATHURA SCHOOL OF ART DEVELOPED ON INDIGENOUS LINES.
- BUDDHA IMAGES EXHIBIT THE SPIRITUAL FEELING IN HIS FACE WHICH WAS LARGELY ABSENT IN THE GANDHARA SCHOOL.
FOUNDER OF VIKRAM ERA?
AZES 1.
GARUDA PILLAR AT BESNAGAR WAS ERECTED BY?
HELIODORUS.
CHINESE GENERAL WHO WAS DEFEATED BY KANISHKA?
PANYANG (PANCHO’S SON).
CAPITAL OF KANISHKA?
PURUSHAPURA.
SUNGAS REVIVED BRAHMANISM AND HORSE SACRIFICE.
TRUE/FALSE.
FALSE, SATAVAHANAS REVIVED IT.
