ANCIENT HISTORY ART AND CULTURE QUIZ

Vikram Shila University was founded by

Kanishka

Pulakesin II

Dharampala

Chandra Gupta Maurya

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Which of the following established the first empire of the Indian subcontinent?

Harshavardhan

Chandragupta

Samudragupta

Vikramaditya

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Which of the following is not a religious text?

Rigveda

Upanishad

None of these

Sangam

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The most important source of our information on ancient India's cultural history are

Archaeological excavations

Literature and epics

Antiquities and monuments

Inscriptions and coins

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Which of the following arose on the ruins of Satavahana power in eastern part of the peninsula?

Chalukyas

Ikshavakus

Gangas

Pallavas

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During the reign of which dynasty was the Great Wall of China constructed?

Han

Tang

Sung

China

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Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect?

We have some indications of polyandry in this period

We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period

The practice of levirate was known

There are no examples of child marriage in this period

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Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador by

Deimachos

Philip

Darius

Demetrius

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Allahabad Pillar Inscription gives a detailed account of the reign of which of the following?

Samudra gupta

Kumaragupta

Ashoka

Kanishka

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Who was the first Gupta ruler who assumed the title of Maharadhiraja?

Skandhgupta

Chandragupta I

Kumaragupta

Chandragupta II

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