Selected Questions from Ancient Indian History

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ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

 

Selected Questions from Ancient Indian History  

1.       The source of Swastika symbol Indus Valley  

2.      Who is considered as the father of Indian archaeoloy Alexander Cunningham  

3.      Meter scale has been discovered from ......... Harappa  

4.      Weapon never used by the Indus people Sword  

5.      What was the major industry in Chanhudaro? Bead making  

6.      The word ‘Sindhan’ used by the Indus people denoted Cotton  

7.      Evidence of fractional burial has been excavated from Harappa  

8.      The word ‘godhume’ used in the vedic period denote Wheat  

9.      ‘Yava’ denoted Barley  

10.    Term used to denote rice in the vedic text Vrihi  

11.      Vedic term sita denoted Ploughed field  

12.    Which veda mentions about wheel Rigveda  

13.    Vedi terms ‘Urvara’ or ‘kshetra’ denoted Cultivated field  

14.    The famous frog hymn in Rig Veda throws light to Vedic education  

15.    Who was considered as the god of the vedas? Varuna  

16.    Rigvedic term ‘Duhitri’ denoted Milker of cows  

17.     Method used to calculate the number of cows in the Vedic period Ashtakarni  

18.    Part of which veda has prose part Yajur Veda  

19.    Who spread Aryan religion in South India Agasthya  

20.  Vedic term ‘Aghanya’ denotes Cows  

21.    The term ‘Bharata’ and ‘Bharatavarsha’ were first used in Rig Veda  

22.   Upanishad which mentions the four Ashramas of Vedic period Jabala Upanishad  

23.   Largest number of hymns in Rigveda a are in praise of Indra  

24.   First town in the vedic period to use burned bricks Kausambi  

25.   First reference about lending money for interest can be found in Satpatha Brahmana  

26.   Rigvedic paintings have been discovered from Bhagvanpura. It is in which state ‘ Hariyana  

27.   Upanishad which mentions about police system Brihadaranyaka Upanishads  

28.   God who was considered as God of Gods Varuna  

29.   Community which was considered as untouchables by the Buddhists. Chandalas  

30.  The language used by the Jains to spread their religion Prakrit  

31.    Who is considered as the St.John of Buddhism Ananda  

32.   Who is considered as Devil by the Buddhists Mara  

33.   Three daughters of ‘Mara’ lust, emotion and desire  

34.   The ruler who persecuted Buddhists Pushyamitrasunga  

35.   Major philosophic school of Bhagvatism Vishishtadvaita  

36.   Earliest reference about Srikrishna can be found in Chandoghya Upanishad  

37.   Hindu God who found place in Greek literature Sri Krishna  

38.   Jain Thirthankara, who was related to Sri Krishna Rishabhadeva (Ist Thirthankara)  

39.   Tamil god of the Sangham age for War and Victory Kottavai  

40.  Saint who founded the Saivism Lakulisa  

41.    Tamil kingdom of the Sangham Age which sent an ambassador to the court of Roman Emperor Augusts Pandyas  

42.   First Sangham was founded by Saint Agasthya  

43.   Famous poetess of the Sangham period Avvaiyar  

44.   Greeco-Roman traders who visited South India during the Sangham period were denoted with the term Yavanas  

45.   Sangham work which describes about Buddhism Manimekhalai  

46.   The word used by Ashoka to denote Buddha Bhagavati  

47.   Ashokan inscriptions were desciphered by James prince in the year 1837  

48.   Indo-Greek ruler who had his boundaries upto Pataliputra Menander  

49.   Yuchi ruler who introduced gold coins for the first time Vima Kadphesus  

50. Edict which mentions about the relation between India and China Nagarjunakonda

 

 

 

 

 

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