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1. Rajasuya


2. Vajpeya


3. Sabha


4. Samiti


5. female poets early vedic


6. 8 fold path consist of


1. consecration ceremony


2. Charoit race


3. council of elders


4. general assembly of entire ppl


5. Apala, Viswavara, Ghosa, Lopamudra (va LG.)


6. VR LE MC SC


( VIEW, RESOLVE, LIVELIHOOD, EFFORT, MINDFULNESS, CONDUCT, SPEECH, CONCENTRATION)

1. basic unit of pol. org


2. several basic unit together aka village


3. leader of 2.


4. group of villages, headed by


5. highest pol. org.


6. all Buddhist council - president - king

1. Kula / family


2. Grama


3. Gramini


4. Visu, headed by Vishayapati


5. Jana / tribe


6. RaVi P.K. (Ma Sk Ma Vk)


1st - Rajagriha - Mahakasapa - with Ajatsatru


2- Vaisali - Sabakami- kalashoka (saisunga)


3- Patliputra - Moggaliputta Tissa - ashoka


4- kashmir - vasumitra - Kanishka

1. Nishkas are


2. other besides Nishka


3. old river names: Beas


4. Jhelum


5. Ravi


6. Chenab


7. svetambars led by ... and where to


8. Digambars same ques.


9. 1st and 2nd jain council : place, century & person if possible

1. gold coins used for transactions


2. Satamana, Krishnala


3. Vipas


4. Vitasta


5. Purushni


6. Askini


7. Bhadra bhagu & C Maurya to Shravan belgola


8. Sthulabahu to north India


9. P. V. Sindhu Jain


1st - Patli putra - Sthula bahu - 3rd century


2nd - Valabhi (GJ) - 5th century

1. with course of time, only 4 of 16 maha janapadas remaining were


2. Their capital and famous rulers


3. Name terms for Mauryan Empire


3.1 civil servants


3.2 chief of revenue dept ... and ... land revenue during time


3.3 superintendent 3.4 CJ of Supreme court


3.5 subordinate court under


3.6 district administration under


3.7 village admin 3.8 incharge of 10-15 villages

1. Vatsa, Avanti, Kosala & Magadha (VAlKM- wlcm)


2. Vatsa - Capital : Kausambi , ruler: Udayana (ViKU)


Avanti - C: Ujjain, R: pradyota (married udayana daughter) (Aa u (yu) Pra)


Kosala- C: Ayodhya, R: Prasenjit ( KAPur)


Magadha- C: Rajagriha, R: Bimbisara, Ajatsatru (Haryanka dynasty)


3.1 Amatyas


3.2 Samharta, 1/6 of the land produce


3.3 Adyakshas 3.4 Dharmathikarin


3.5 Amatyas 3.6 Rajukas (similar to collector)


3.7 Gramini 3.8 Gopa

1. Bimbisara married


2. who laid foundation of Patliputra ( as new capital ) and this empire' last ruler


3. Haryanka dynasty annexed by


4. Inscription which refers to the conquest of Kalinga by Nandas


5. Enormous wealth of Nandas referred in Tamil Sangam by

1. Kosala devi - Kosala (Prasenjit sister)


Chellana - licchavi princess (vaisali)


Khema (royal house of Madra- Punjab)


KKC - mei married bhoot sara = Bimbisara


2. Udayin (immediate successor of Ajatsatru), last ruler - Naga Dasak


3. Saisunga


4. Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela of Kalinga


5. Poet Mamulanar in Ahananuru (Ahana nuru)

1. Kalashoka (saisunga dynasty) killed by


2. last ruler of this dynasty


3. who invaded this dynasty


4. in which battle Alexander conquered Persia by defeating Darius 3


5. battle with porus

1. Nanada dynasty founder - Mahapadma Nanda (1st low caste ruler)


2. Dhana Nanda


3. ChandraGupta Maurya & Kautilya


4. Battle of Arbela 330 BC


5. Battle of Hydaspes

1. mudra rakshasa by .... about....


2. sequence of kingdom from Haryanka to maurya dynasty


3. religion adopted by Megasthenes towards the end of his life


4. known as Amitra Gatha (slayer of enemies) by the greeks


5. who is also known as Sandro cottus or Andro cottus in Greek

1. by Vishaka Dutta about how CM and Kautilya over threw Nandas (in Sanskrit, written during Gupta period)


2. HaS Na Mt (Haryanka, Saisunga, Nandas, CM)


3. Jainism


4. Bindusara


5. CM

1. Bindu received ambassador from egypt & syrian king - name them


2. Ashoka kalingar war period, embarassed buddhism under


3. after ashoka empire divied into parts name them


4. Later empire collapsed by and ruler at that time


5. Mauryan adminstration divided into.... provinces


6. Megas. refers to committes to look after pub. ad. in mauryan empire

1. Deimachus from Syrian king (Antiochus I)


Dinosius from egypt


2. 261 BC , under Upagupta


3. western- Kunala (ashoka- jojo son)


eastern- Dasa-ratha (ashoka grandson)


4. Bactarian invasion-


last maurya ruler- Brihatratha - assassinated by Pushya Mitra Sunga


5. 4 - (sutta) : Suvarnagiri (pig), ujjain, taxila, toshali (kalinga)


6. 6 committee of 5 member each


(MR. FITT)- manuf, registration b/d, foreigners, industries, trade, tax

1. Malvika Agnimitra book by


2. Agni mitra son of


3. last ruler of sunga dynasty and murdered by ....


4. founder of Satvahanas (aka) ... succeeded by


5. Hala king famous for book


6. greatest ruler and his mention in inscription


7. last ruler


8. Karshapanas were ..

1. Kalidasa written in Gupta period


2. Pushyamitra sunga


3. Deva Bhuti murdered by minister Vasudeva Kanya (founded Kanva dynasty)


4. Simuka, (Satvahanas aka andhras), Krishna


5. Gathasaptasati (aka sattasai)


6. Gautamiputra Satakarni, Nasik & Nanaghad inscription


7. Yajna Sri Satakarni (Satvahanas)


8. ancient Indian coins current during the 6th century

1. Demetrius was which... ruler and sent commanders named...


2. Milindapanho (questions of milind) book about


3. who erected garuda pillar at Besnagar & became a Viashnavite


4. founder of vikram era and he belonged to ...kingdom and kindgom founded by


5. Kushanas branch of which tribe


6. Kushanas founded by ... was a devote of ...


7. founder of Saka Era, capital at his time

1. Bactarian ruler sent Appolodotus: conquered Sindh & marched to Ujjain


Meander (milinda): mathura - embraced Buddhism


2. dialogues with Buddhist monk (Nagasena) in Pali language


3. Greek Ambassador Heliodorus


4. Azes I, Saka /Synthians kingdom founded by Maues (His father) - 58 bc


5. Yuchi tribe (C. Asia)


6. Kadphises I devote of Lord Shiva


7. Kanishka, capital: Purushapura (peshawar) - 78 AD

1. author of Buddha charita


2. who fought Pancho and lost while defeating his son Panyang later and name his son


3. last ruler of kushanas


4. 3 sangams (academy of tamil poets) popularly called


5. father of tamil literature


6. 2 epics and their author


7. Tolkappiyam by .... and about ....


8. Restorer of the Ashvamedha is related to

1. Asvagosha


2. Kanishka, son: Huvihka his son


3. Vasudeva - worshipped Shiva


4. Muchchangam


5. Agastaya


6. Sila-ppathi-garam by Elango Adigal


Mani-mega-lai by Sittalai Sattanar


7. by Tolkappiyar, work on tamil grammer but provides socio-eco & pol. info too


8. Gold & Silver Coins issued by Samudra Gupta (aftr performing Ashvamedha sacrifices)

1. 3 samgams, their chariman and xtra info

1. 1st sangam: Agastya: Madurai- attended by gods, no literary work available


2nd: at Kapadapuram: all literary works perished except Tolkappiyam (Tol Ka PM)


3rd: Madurai: Mudathirumaran


2. book - eight anthologies, ten Idylls and they are divided into parts named


3. Pathinenkilkanakku about, imp among it


4. CCP ruled over, capital


5. who is known as Kavi Raja - ability to compose verses, also coins found with his images of veena (shows interest in music)


2. 8- Ettutogai (E tu to gyi), 10- Pattuppattu


both divided into - Aham (love) & Puram (valour)


3. 18 works mostly about moral & ethics


- Tirukkural by Thiruvalluvar


4. Cheras- kerala parts - Vanji, Cholas - trichi to South AP - earlier Uraiyur later Puhar, Pandyas- South TN- Madurai (CCP - V UP Mei)


5. Samudra gupta


1. who introduced Pattini cult or worship of Kannagi (ideal Tamil wife)


2. royal emblem of CCP


3. divison of land, chief diety, chief occupation


3.1 hilly 3.2 pastoral


3.3 Agricultural


3.4 Coastal 3.5 Desert


4. Fahien visited during which ruler reign in India

1. Senguttuvan (cheras), stone brought from Himalayas, ceremony attended by GajaBhagu II & others


2. cheras- Bow, Cholas- Tiger, Pandyas- Carp


(CCP- BTC)


3.1 Kurinji ; Murugan ; hunting etc


3.2 Mullai ; Mayon (vishnu) ; cattle rearing


3.3 Marudam ; Indira ; agriculture


3.4 Neydal; Varuna ; fishing


3.5 Palai ; Korrarai ; robbers


4. CG II

1. 4 castes mentioned in Tolkappiyan


2. primary diety (murugan) honored with 6 adobes kn as


3. royal court crowded by singing bards called


4. Experts in folk songs and dances kn as


5. S. Indian women poet


6. Devi chandra Guptam written by


7. Gupta empire founder and succeeded by


8. Navratnas in court of

1. Arsar (ruling), Anthanar (polity n religion role), Vanigar (trade), Vellalar (agri)


2. Aruladai Veedu


3. Panar


4. Viraliyar


5. Avvaiyar, Nachchellaiyar, Kakkaipadiniyar


6. Vishakadatta


7. Sri Gupta, by Ghatotkacha


8. CG II

1. 1st ruler to be called Maharaja Dhiraja (what it means)


2. which pillar gives details about his achievements


3. married .....


4. greatest Gupta ruler and details of his reign on which pillar


5.who assumed title Sakari and meaning


6. Golden age called during whom's reign and why

1. The great king of kings - CG I


2. Meherauli Iron pillar


3. Licchavi princess Kumari Devi


4. Samudra gupta, Allahabad Pillar


5. CG II, means destroyer of Sakas


6. because of high level of cultural progress achieved during his period

1. founder of gupta Era and date


2. Indian Napolean


3. Allahabad pillar gives description about military campaigns


4. was the follower of which God / religion


5. His son and his wife name, daughter n son in law name (PTO)


6. Allahabad conference details

1. CG I (320 AD)


2. Samudra gupta


3. In 3 stages: (samudra gupta)


1st - against North Indian rulers - Achyuta & Nagasena


2nd - Dakshinapatha - against South India - defeated 12 kings - didnt annex but demanded sovereignty


3rd - again N India - remaining rivals - 9 kings annexed


4. Vaishnavism also tolerant towards others


5. S: CG II (vikramaditya) married Kuberanaga (Naga princess)


D: Prabhavati married Vakataka prince Rudra Sena II


6. By Harsha ( once in 5 years )

1. successor & son of CG II


2. who fought against Hun invasion and saved empire


4. laid foundation of Nalanda Uni


5. Mo War & peace (Mo Foreign A) known as in Gupta period as


6. provinces kn as .... & governors as ...


7. who looked after city admin (gupta period)


8. Village under control of


9. Bhuktis sub divided into ... and under control of


10. king maintained contact with provincial admin through

1. Kumar Gupta


2. Skanda Gupta (later empire disappeared totally due to Hun invasion)


4. Kumar gupta


5. Sandivigrahika (sand ivi grahika)


6. P: Bhuktis (bukhi provinc), G: Uparikas (gov sbse upr)


7. Nagara Sreshtis


8. Gramikas


9. Vishyas governed by Vishyapati


10. Kumara Matyas, Ayuktas


all gupta empire writers


1. plays & epics written by Kalidasa


2. Mircha Chakita by


3. Kritarjuniya by


4. KavyaDarsa & Dasakumara Charita by


5. VasavaDatta by


6. Pancha Tantra stories by


7. Amarakosa by


8. Kannauj assembly details

1. P: Malavika Agnimitra, Vikram orvasiya (ek sath ha, written as to read easy)


E: Raghu Vamsa, Kumar Asambhava


2. Sudraka (mrich by adrak ka bhai sudrak)


3. Bharavi (stry btw conflits of Arjuna & shiva)


4. Dandin


5. Subhandhu (vasava sudhansu)


6. Vishnu Sharma


7. Buddhist author Amarsimha


8. organised by Harsha to honour H. Tsang

All gupta period


1. Aryabhatiya about and written in period of


2. Pancha Siddhantika (5 astro sys) by


3. no 2: his other book about great Sanskrit literature


4. his book on astronomy


5. Author of Ashtangasam Graha

1. Arya Bhatta (in field of science, explained occurrence of lunar & solar eclipse


declared earth rotates on its axis & is spherical


- of gupta empire


2. VarahaMihira


3. Brihad Samhita


4. Brihas Jataka


5. VagBhatta (summary of 8 medicine branches) -was last medical trio of ancient India (after Charaka, Susruta before gupta period)

1. after gupta empire came


2. dramas by 1st


3. signature of 1st in which inscription


4. founder of Harsha family and were prominently .... and called themselves


5. 1st impt king and capital


6. Source for training history of harsha

1. political disorder followed by Harsha Vardhana est. kingdom in 7th century


2. Ratnavali, Nagananda, Priyardarshika ( priya nag ki rat)


3. Banskhera (Ban khira)


4. PushyaBhuti - feudatories of Gupta's called themselves Vardhana


5. Prabhakara Vardhana, C: Thaneshwar (N. of delhi)


6. Harshacharita (bana bhatta) , travel account of Hiuen Tsang

1. new capital of Harsha after droving out Sasanka


2. Harsha fought against ... and was defeated mentioned in ....


3. Harsha in his early life was a .... follower but later became .... & converted into ... by ...


4. public records maintained and archives were known as (during Harsha)


5. book Kadambari by


6. literary figures in Harsha court


7. Nalanda & Valabhi uni. was which Buddhist sect


8. who is Hailed as Vichira Chitta and inscription name also

1. Kannauj


2. Pulakesin II, Aihole inscription


3. Shiva follower, became Hinayana Buddhist , converted by Hiuen Tsang to Mahayana buddhism


4. Nilopitu


5. Bana bhatta


6. Matanga Divakara, Barthrihari (bar th_i hari)


7. Nalanda: Mahayana, Valabhi: Hinayana


8. MV I, in Mandagappattu inscription

1. After decline of sangam age who ruled and capital


2. who were annexed by


3. who defeated Pulakesin II but couldn't recover his territorye


4. followed religion


5. wrote Sanskrit work ... and titled ... for painting talent


6. also expert in music as ascribed at inscription in

1. Kalabhra for 250 yrs after which Pallavas ruled, Capital: Kanchipuram


2. Imperial Cholas (10 century beginning)


3. MV I (600-630 AD)


4. 1st Jainism then converted to Saivism under influence of Saint Thirunavukkarasar


5. Mattavilasa Prahasanam, Chitra Karapuli


6. Kudumianmalai


1. Chalukyas time period, founder, capital


2. Last chalukya ruler and defeated by which dynasty ruler


3. KavirajaMarga written by


4. Bhukti in their empire meant ....


5. Bhukti under administration of


6. Nalachampu written by


7. KaviraHasya written by


8. Parsvabhudaya written by and about what?

1. 543 - 755BC, Pulakesin I, C: Vatapi or Badami


2. Kirti Varman II by Dantidurga (Rashtrakuta founder)


3. Amogha Varsha I (1st poetic work in kanada)


4. cluster of 50-70 villages


5. Bhogapatis


6. Trivikrama


7. Halayudha


8. By Jina Sena - biography of Parsa in verses

1. Adipurana written by.. and about


2. Amogavritti written by and about


3. Ganita Saram -------


4. Vikramasena Vijiya by


5. Santipurana by

1. Gunabhadra ( about life stories of Jain Saints)


2. Sakatayana - grammer book


3. Viracharya


4. Pampa


5. Ponna

1. Imperial cholas founder, capital


2. which ruler ended Pallava kingdom by defeating Aparajita & annexed Tondaimandalam


3. ruler defeated Pandyas, Ceylon ruler but defeated by Rashtrakuta in Battle of Takkolam


4. which inscription gives detailed account of chola empire regin


5. ruler crosswd Ganga deafting no of rulers on its way


6. No 5 founded city ...aftr North Expidition


7. assumed title

1. Vijayalaya, C- Tanjore


2. Aditya ( Vijayalaya son)


3. Parantaka I


4. Uttiramerur inscriptions


5. Rajendra I (1012-1044)


6. founded city Gangaikonda Cholapuram & temple Rajesvaram and irrigation tank Cholagangam


7. Kadaram Kondax

1. last chola ruler and defeated by


2. royal troops of imperial cholas called


3. personal defending kings called


4. Kadagams were


5. provincial adm. divided into - which are further divided into


6. no5. adm. are under


7. town known as ... and under admin. of


8. Periyapuranam composed by

1. Rajendra III by Jatavarman Sundara Pandya II


2. Kaikkolaperum padai


3. Velaikkarar


4. training army & military cantonments


5. Mandalams, further into- Vala Nadus, Nadus


6. M- Princes, V= Periyanattar, N- Nattar


7. Nagaram, under Naga Rattar


8. Sekkilar