ANCIENT INDIA Quiz - 2

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The source of Swastika symbol 
Indus Valley
Who is considered as the father of Indian archaeoloy
Alexander Cunningham
Meter scale has been discovered from .........
Harappa
Weapon never used by the Indus people
Sword
What was the major industry in Chanhudaro?
Bead making
 The word ‘Sindhan’ used by the Indus people denoted
Cotton


Evidence of fractional burial has been excavated from
Harappa


The word ‘godhume’ used in the vedic period denote
Wheat
‘Yava’ denoted
Barley
Term used to denote rice in the vedic text
Vrihi
Vedic term sita denoted
Ploughed field
Which veda mentions about wheel
Rigveda
Vedi terms ‘Urvara’ or ‘kshetra’ denoted
Cultivated field
The famous frog hymn in Rig Veda throws light to
Vedic education
Who was considered as the god of the vedas?
Varuna
Rigvedic term ‘Duhitri’ denoted
Milker of cows
Method used to calculate the number of cows in the Vedic period
Ashtakarni
Part of which veda has prose part
Yajur Veda
Who spread Aryan religion in South India
Agasthya
Vedic term ‘Aghanya’ denotes
Cows
The term ‘Bharata’ and ‘Bharatavarsha’ were first used in
Rig Veda
 Upanishad which mentions the four Ashramas of
Vedic period
Jabala Upanishad
Largest number of hymns in Rigveda a are in praise of
Indra
First town in the vedic period to use burned bricks
Kausambi
First reference about lending money for interest can be found in
Satpatha Brahmana
Rigvedic paintings have been discovered from Bhagvanpura. It is in which state
Hariyana
Upanishad which mentions about police system
Brihadaranyaka Upanishads
God who was considered as God of Gods
Varuna
Community which was considered as untouchables by the Buddhists.
Chandalas
The language used by the Jains to spread their religion
Prakrit
Who is considered as the St.John of Buddhism
Ananda
Who is considered as Devil by the Buddhists
Mara
Three daughters of ‘Mara’
lust, emotion and desire
The ruler who persecuted Buddhists
Pushyamitrasunga
Major philosophic school of Bhagvatism
Vishishtadvaita
Earliest reference about Srikrishna can be found in
Chandoghya Upanishad
Hindu God who found place in Greek literature
Sri Krishna
Jain Thirthankara, who was related to Sri Krishna
Rishabhadeva (Ist Thirthankara)
Tamil god of the Sangham age for War and Victory 
Kottavai 
Saint who founded the Saivism
Lakulisa
Tamil kingdom of the Sangham Age which sent an ambassador to the court of Roman Emperor
Augusts
Pandyas
First Sangham was founded by
Saint Agasthya
Famous poetess of the Sangham period
Avvaiyar
Greeco-Roman traders who visited South India during the Sangham period were denoted with the term
Yavanas
Sangham work which describes about Buddhism
Manimekhalai
The word used by Ashoka to denote Buddha
Bhagavati
Ashokan inscriptions were desciphered by James prince in the year
1837
Indo-Greek ruler who had his boundaries upto Pataliputra
Menander
Yuchi ruler who introduced gold coins for the first time
Vima Kadphesus
Edict which mentions about the relation between India and China
Nagarjunakonda



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