Ancient Indian History MCQs

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Manyakheta, modern Malkhed in Karnataka, was the capital of the imperial Rashtrakutas. Amoghavarsha I established it as his capital.

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Rajadhiraja was one of the greatest and bravest warriors in the Chola dynasty. He died in the battlefield while fighting in the battle of Koppam against Someshwar, a western Chalukyan king.

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Traditional accounts associate these lost works with the first Sangam. The Paripadal named in this tradition should be distinguished from the surviving Paripadal anthology in Ettuthokai.

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After the spread of the Buddhist religion, Chinese travellers came to India in big numbers to collect religious books and to visit holy places of Buddhism. They mainly aimed to acquire knowledge of Buddhism and even the Chinese emperor tried to get the permission of visiting India. Notable among those travellers included I-tsing, Ha- Hsien and Hiuen Tsang.

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Ellora caves are one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites situated at the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring Buddhist, Hindu and Jain monuments, and artwork, dating from the 600– 1000 CE period. There are five Jain caves at Ellora belong to ninth and tenth centuries, Digambara section. 34 magnificent rock-cut monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2km, were dug side by side in the wall of high basalt cliff.

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Bimbisara was the founder of the Haryanka dynasty and he reigned in Magadha and ruled until approximately 326 B.C.E. when Alexander the Great invaded India. Ajatashatru was the son of King Bimbisara. He killed his father and sat on the throne of Magadha from 493-462 BCE. Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty. He ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.

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Thiru Parameswara Vinnagaram or Vaikunta Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram is believed to have been built by the Pallava king Nandivarman II, with later contributions from Medieval Cholas and Vijayanagara kings. It is constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture.

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Sage Agastya, often considered the father of traditional Indian Medicine, is also associated with the Aryanization of South India. The Yadavas of South India were the first to be aryanized. Agastya compiled the first Tamil grammar called Agathiyam. Rishi Agastya inspired all the Siddhi texts that were written by several Siddhars. He is the first to introduce Silambam – an ancient weapon-based Indian martial art and Varma Kalai – an ancient art of healing that uses vital points of the body. Not only that, human civilization is thankful for Rishi Agastya’s theory of electricity generation.

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The Atharvaveda, also known as “Veda of magical formulas”, consists of rituals, magical charms to address superstitious anxiety, spells to remove maladies believed to be caused by demons, and herbsand nature-derived potions as medicine. It represents a developing 2nd millennium BCE tradition of magico- religious rites.

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The real beginning of sculpture in India was done by the inhabitants of the Indus Valley, there was a great development of sculpture under the Indus Valley Civilization. In the excavation of the cities here, sculptures of speech stone, metal, and clay are found. Although the sculptures of stone and metal are few, they are of high quality in artistic terms.