POST-MAURYAN INDIA

Question 1

FOUNDER OF SUNGA DYNASTY?

Answer 1

PUSHYAMITRA SUNGA.
HE WAS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF UNDER THE MAURYAS.

Question 2

WHICH KING WAS KNOWN AS THE PERSECUTOR OF BUDDHISM?

Answer 2

PUSHYAMITRA SUNGA.
HE WAS A STAUNCH FOLLOWER OF BRAHMANISM.
BUDDHIST SOURCES REFER HIM AS A PERSECUTOR OF BUDDHISM.

Question 3

LAST SUNGA RULER WAS _______, WHO WAS MURDERED BY HIS MINISTER ________.

Answer 3

DEVABHUTI, MURDERED BY VASUDEVA KANVA (FOUNDER OF THE KANVA DYNASTY).

Question 4

NASIK AND NANAGHAD INSCRIPTIONS TELL US ABOUT THE REIGN OF?

Answer 4

GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI.

Question 5

FOUNDER OF SATAVAHANA DYNASTY?

Answer 5

SIMUKA.

Question 6

BOOK GATHASAPTASATI IS WRITTEN BY?

Answer 6

GATHASAPTASATI AKA SATTASAI IS WRITTEN BY HALA- THE SEVENTEENTH KING OF SATAVAHANA DYNASTY.
BOOK IS IN PRAKRIT.

Question 7

COINS USED IN SATAVAHANA DYNASTY?

Answer 7

SILVER COINS CALLED KARSHAPANAS WERE USED.

Question 8

GREATEST PORT OF THE SATAVAHANAS?

Answer 8

KALYANI ON THE WEST DECCAN.
GANDAKASELA AND GANJAM ON THE EAST COAST.

Question 9

KUSHANAS WERE A BRANCH OF WHICH TRIBE?

Answer 9

YUCHI TRIBE.

Question 10

FOUNDER OF KUSHANA DYNASTY?

Answer 10

KUJULA KADPHISES OR KADPHISES 1.

Question 11

_______ ISSUED GOLD COINS WITH HIGH SOUNDING TITLES LIKE THE “LORD OF THE WHOLE WORLD”. HE WAS A DEVOTEE OF LORD SHIVA.

Answer 11

WIMA KADPHISES OR KADPHISES 2. KUSHANA RULER.

Question 12

WHO FOUNDED SAKA ERA?

Answer 12

KANISHKA WAS THE FOUNDER OF SAKA ERA WHICH STARTS FROM 78 A.D.

Question 13

DURING HIS FIRST EXPEDITION KANISHKA WAS DEFEATED BY THE CHINESE GENERAL _________.

Answer 13

PANCHO.

Question 14

FAMOUS SCHOLARS AND PHYSICIANS PATRONIZED BY KANISHKA?

Answer 14

1. VASUMITRA, ASHVAGHOSHA, NAGARJUNA- BUDDHIST SCHOLARS.
2. CHARAKA- PHYSICIAN.

Question 15

FOURTH BUDDHIST COUNCIL WAS HELD AT WHICH MONASTERY?

Answer 15

KUNDALAVANA MONASTERY NEAR SRINAGAR IN KASHMIR.

Question 16

SALIENT FEATURES OF GANDHARA ART?

Answer 16

1. MOULDING HUMAN BODY IN A REALISTIC MANNER WITH MINUTE ATTENTION TO PHYSICAL FEATURES LIKE MUSCLES, MUSTACHE AND CURLY HAIR.
2. THICK DRAPERY WITH LARGE AND BOLD FOLD LINES.
3. RICH CARVING, ELABORATE ORNAMENTATION AND SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS.
4. THE MAIN THEME WAS THE NEW FORM OF BUDDHISM MAHAYANISM AND THE EVOLUTION OF AN IMAGE OF BUDDHA.

Question 17

HOW IS MATHURA SCHOOL OF ART DIFFERENT FROM GANDHARA SCHOOL?

Answer 17

1. MATHURA SCHOOL OF ART DEVELOPED ON INDIGENOUS LINES.
2. BUDDHA IMAGES EXHIBIT THE SPIRITUAL FEELING IN HIS FACE WHICH WAS LARGELY ABSENT IN THE GANDHARA SCHOOL.

Question 18

FOUNDER OF VIKRAM ERA?

Answer 18

AZES 1.

Question 19

GARUDA PILLAR AT BESNAGAR WAS ERECTED BY?

Answer 19

HELIODORUS.

Question 20

CHINESE GENERAL WHO WAS DEFEATED BY KANISHKA?

Answer 20

PANYANG (PANCHO’S SON).

Question 21

CAPITAL OF KANISHKA?

Answer 21

PURUSHAPURA.

Question 22

SUNGAS REVIVED BRAHMANISM AND HORSE SACRIFICE.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 22

FALSE, SATAVAHANAS REVIVED IT.