6th scert Flashcards
(383 cards)
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Kailasanathar temple, was built by
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later Pallava king Rajasimha at Kanchi.
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Chola Nadu
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sorudaithu (rice in abundance).
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muthudaithu (pearls in abundance)
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Pandya Nadu
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vezhamudaithu (elephants in abundance).
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Chera Nadu
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Saandrorudaithu (scholars in abundance)
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Thondai Nadu
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trade by sea
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Legitimate
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reasonable
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*
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a long time ago
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nick name
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Moat
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a deep and wide trench filled with water surrounding a palace
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Vedic Age – It is a period in the History
of India between
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1500 BC (BCE) – 600 BC
(BCE).
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vedic came from Central Asia in several
waves of migration through
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Khyber Pass
of Hindu Kush Mountains
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vedhas also practised
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slash and burn agriculture
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vedic age
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iron age
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nature of vedic civilisation
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rural civilisation
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the Aryan homeland was the ,
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Punjab
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Four Vedas
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Rig 2. Yajur
3. Sama 4. Atharva
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Vedic literature can be classifi ed into two
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Shrutis -
Smritis
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The Shrutis comprise
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the four Vedas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas and the Upanishads.
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‘Shruti’ means
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listening (or unwritten) ones that were transmitted orally through generations.
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Smritis - A body of texts containing
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teachings on religion such as
Ithihasas, Puranas, Tantras and Agamas.
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‘Smriti’ means
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definite and written literature
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ithihasas
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ramayana
mahabharatha
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puranas
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shiva purana
vishnu purana
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sutras
dharmasutra
manusmriti
naradasmriti
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“Satyameva Jayate
Mundaka Upanishad.
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Early Vedic
Period
1500 – 1000 BC
(BCE)
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Later Vedic
Period
1000 – c.600 BC
(BCE)
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The Rig Vedic polity was _______- based.
kinship
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the basic unit of the polity.
Kula (clan) and head called Kulapati
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Grama was headed by
Gramani.
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A group of villages was called
Vis (clan)
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______was the head of the Jana (tribe
Rajan as Janasyagopa (guardian
of the people).
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______-(the
tribal assembly) was the oldest.
Vidhata,
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Sabha
- a council of elders
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Samiti -
assembly of people
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In economic, political and
military matters, the king was assisted by
the Senani (army chief)
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_______ was
the leader of the village.
Gramani
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Janas or Tribes were
amalgamated to form _____
in later Vedic period
Janapadas or Rashtras
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Bali
a tax consisting of 1/6 of the
agricultural produce or cattle for a person
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The Vedic family was
patriarchal
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Dasyus
and Dasas.
non-Aryans
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vedic pottery
Ochre
Coloured Pottery (OCP)
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The staple crop of vedic
was
yava (barley).
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no mention of
wheat or cotton in the
Rig-Veda
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Pottery of this later vedic period
was.
Painted Grey Ware Culture
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Metals Known to Rig Vedic
People
Gold (Hiranya)
* Iron (Shyama)
* Copper/ Bronze (Ayas)
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Barter
system was prevalent (exchange of
goods). They used
Nishka, Satmana
(gold coins) and Krishnala (silver coins)
for business transactions.
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______ worshipped mostly the
earthly and celestial gods
Rig Vedic Aryans
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Aditi (
goddess of
eternity)
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Usha
(appearance of dawn).
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Praja
(children)
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Prajapathi
(the
creator)
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Vishnu (
the protector
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Rudra
(the destroyer)
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end of the later Vedic period,
the concept of four stages in life (the four
ashramas)
Brahmacharya (Student Life)
Grihastha (Married Life)
Vanaprastha (Going to the forest to
meditate)
Sanyasa (Leading a life of an ascetic
so as to attain Swarga)
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characteristic of the Megalithic period.(pottery)
The Black and Red Ware Pottery
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Megalithic Culture
(600 BC (BCE) and AD (CE) 100).
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The later Vedic culture in north India and the Iron Age in south India belong to
the
same period.
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Adichanallur -
Thoothukudi
District iron swords
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Keezhadi –
Sivagangai District ivory dices
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Periplus mentions the steel imported to Rome from Peninsular India was subjected to
duty in the ______.
port of Alexandria
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Porunthal –
Dindigul District pots filled with rice,
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Paiyampalli –1000 BC (BCE).
Vellore District Evidence for iron smelting
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Kodumanal –
Erode District
identified with the Kodumanam
of Pathitrupathu
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______found at burial site is assigned to the Megalithic period.
A Menhir
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_____ are Megalithic
tombs made of two or
more upright stones
Dolmens
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ascending order of the Rig Vedic society
Kula ˂ Grama ˂ Vis ˂ Jana ˂ Rashtra
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Angas –
Jain texts
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Tripitakas and Jatakas - s
Buddhist
texts
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first Tirthankara
Rishabha
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last tirthankara one was
Mahavira
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mahavir Original name
- Vardhamana
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Place of Birth Mahavira,
Kundhagrama near
Vaishali, Bihar
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Parents Mahavira,
Siddharth, Trishala
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Place of Death - mahavir
Pavapuri, Bihar
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at the age Mahavira (The Great Hero) to adopt an ascetic life
30v
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Vardhamana attained
omniscience or supreme knowledge,
known as
Kevala.. After twelve and a half years of
rigorous penance
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Tri–rathnas or Three Jewels jainism
They are:
Right Faith
Right Knowledge
Right action
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Jain Code of Conduct
Ahimsa - not to injure any living
beings
Satya - to speak truth
Asteya - not to steal
Aparigraha - not to own property
Brahmacharya - Celibacy
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the teachings of
Mahavira, called
Agama sidhantha.
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Agama sidhantha. was compiled by
Gautama Swami, a chief disciple of
Mahavira
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Jainism split into two sects.
Digambaras and Svetambaras
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Monks of the digambara sect dress code
do not
wear any clothing and live naked
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Monks of Svetambaras sect, wear dress code
white robes. with Rajoharana (broom with wollen
threads),
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womens in jains / buddhas
Digambaras believe that women cannot
achieve nirvana or liberation directly
Svetambaras believe that women are
equally capable of achieving liberation
as men.
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Gownthiyadigal a
female jain monk
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Gautama Buddha real name
was
Siddhartha.
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buddha was raised by his step
.
mother Gautami
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At the age of_____, Siddhartha saw four
sorrowful sights.
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Place of Birth buddha
Lumbini Garden,
Nepal
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Parents buddha
Suddhodana,
Maya devi
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Place of Death buddha
Kushi Nagar, UP
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_______sat under a Pipal tree and undertook
a deep meditation near Gaya
Buddha 49th attained
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buddha sacrificed_____years of his life towards
penance
six
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Sakya Muni or Sage of Sakya clan.
buddha
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Buddha delivered his first sermon at
Deer Park in Sarnath, near Benaras
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“Dharma Chakra Pravartana”or the Turning of the Wheel of Law.
first sermon
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Buddha’s Four Noble Truths
Life is full of sorrow and misery.
Desire is the cause of misery.
Sorrows and sufferings can be
removed by giving up one’s desire.
The desire can be overcome by
following the right path (Noble eightfold
path)
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Eight Fold Path
Right view
Right Thought
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Knowledge
Right Meditation
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Buddha's teachings are referred to as
.
dhamma
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Buddha asserted that attaining
_______is the ultimate aim of life.
nirvana
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_________ – represents
the Buddhist view of the world.
The Wheel of life
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Sangha members were called
(monks).
bhikshus
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Chaitya – A Buddhist shrine or a
meditation hall.
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Viharas – Monastries / living
quarters for monks
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Stupas – Built over the remains
of Buddha’s body, they
are monuments of great
artistic value
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Buddhist Sects
Hinayana Mahayana
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Hinayana
Did not worship
idols or images of
Buddha.
Practiced
austerity.
Believed that
Salvation of the
individual as its
goal.
Used Prakrit
language.
Hinayana is
also known as
Theravada
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Mahayana
Worshiped images
of Buddha.
Observed
elaborate rituals
Believed that
salvation of all
beings as its
objective
Used Sanskrit
language
Spread to Central
Asia, Ceylon,
Burma, Nepal,
Tibet, China,
Japan, where
middle path was
accepted.
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Frescoes (paintings)
Frescoes on the ceilings and walls
of the Ajanta caves in Aurangabad,
Maharashtra – depict the
Jataka Tales
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Dinnaga, the
famous Buddhist logician, and
Dharmapala, a great scholar of
Nalanda University hailed
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Hieun Tsang who visited Kanchipuram
in the seventh century A.D(CE).
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Confucianism in China
Confucius (Kung Fu Tse
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Zoroaster
Zoroastrianism in Persia
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Preceptor
a teacher or instructor
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Pathitrupathu (a collection of ten
decades of verses
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chastity
(karpu
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harvest festival (
Pongal
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festival of spring in tamilnadu
, kaarthiga
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Natural History
The Roman writer Pliny the Elder
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A papyrus document
Vienna
museum) of 2nd century BC (BCE)
records the agreement between two
merchants’ shippers of Alexandria
and Muziris.
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‘first emporium (shopping complex)
of India
Muziris
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Kalabhras
end of the 3rd century
AD (CE)
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Han Dynasty –
China
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Colosseum
Roman Civilisation –
Italy
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Strove
கடும் முயற்சி
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Royal insignia
symbols of power
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Patronage
support given by a patron
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Blazoned
displayed vividly
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ascending order of the administrative division in the ancient Tamizhagam
Ur ˂ Kurram ˂ Nadu ˂Mandalam
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There were two kinds of government in north
India during the sixth century BC (BCE)
Gana - sanghas – non monarchical
states.
Kingdoms - monarchies
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The gana sanghas practiced
_______ traditions
egalitarian
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_____ were the earliest gathering places of men
Janapadas
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Magadha in Bihar
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Vatsa in Kausambi, Allahabad
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Avanti in
Ujjain
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Kosala in
Eastern Uttar Pradesh
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Four dynasties ruled over Magadha
Empire.
The Haryanka dynasty
The Shishunaga dynasty
The Nanda dynasty
The Maurya dynasty
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Magadha’s gradual rise to political
supremacy began with ______of
Haryanka dynasty
Bimbisara
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_______ extended the territory of
Magadhan Empire by conquests and by
matrimonial alliances with Lichchhavis,
Madra and Kosala
Bimbisara
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Bimbisara son
Ajatasatru,
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successor of Ajatasatru
Udayin
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foundation of the new capital at
Pataliputra. from rajagriha
Udayin,
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first Buddhist Council at Rajagriha
Ajatasatru,
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Haryanka dynasty was succeeded by the
Shishunaga dynasty
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a king of
Shishunaga dynasty,
Kalasoka
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____-, a king of
Shishunaga dynasty, shifted the capital
from Rajagriha to Pataliputra
Kalasoka
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second Buddhist Council at Vaishali.
Kalasoka
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_____ were the first empire builders
of India
Nandas
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The first Nanda ruler was
Mahapadma Nanda
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the last Nanda ruler
Dhana Nanda
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The word Nalanda
is a Sanskrit combination of three words Na +
alam + daa meaning
“no stopping of the gift
of knowledge”.
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Mauryan Empire Archaeological
sources
Punch Marked Coins
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Mauryan Empire Inscriptions
Edicts of Ashoka, Junagath
Inscription
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Mauryan Empire Secular
Literature
Kautilya’s Arthasastra
Visakadatta’s Mudrarakshasa
Mamulanar’s poem in
Agananuru
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Megasthenese
He was the ambassador of the Greek
ruler, Seleucus, in the court of .
Mauryan Empire Chandra
Gupta
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– India’s First
Empire
Mauryan Empire
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Mauryan Empire – capital
Pataliputra (present day
Patna, Bihar)
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Mauryan Empire Historical era
c. 322 BC (BCE) –
187 BC (BCE)
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mauryan empire Important
Kings
Chandragupta,
Bindusara, Ashoka
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____________, a Jain monk, took
Chandragupta Maurya to the southern
India.
Bhadrabahu(SVETAMBARA)
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Chandragupta performed
______ (Jaina rituals in which a person
fasts unto his death) in ______
(Karnataka).
Sallekhana
Sravanbelgola
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Real name of Bindusara was
Simhasena
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Bindusara as Amitragatha,
meaning
‘slayer of enemies
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Ashoka was known as
‘Devanam Piya’ meaning ‘beloved of the
Gods’.
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Ashoka fought the Kalinga war in.
261
BC (BCE)
164
The horror of KALINGA war was described by the
king himself in the .
Rock Edict XIII
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Chandasoka ______ to
Dhammasoka________ )
(Ashoka, the wicked)
(Ashoka the righteous
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The meaning of Dhamma is
explained in Ashoka’s – Pillar Edict
II TWO
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Ashoka sent his son_________ to Srilanka to propagate
Buddhism
Mahinda and
Sanghamitta
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The
Dhamma-mahamattas(spread dhamma all over the
empire.) were a new cadre
of officials created by
Ashoka.
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third Buddhist
Council at his capital Pataliputra.
Ashoka
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The script of the inscriptions
At Sanchi –
At Kandahar
At North Western part –
Brahmi
Greek and Aramaic
Kharoshthi
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Council of ministers known as
______- IN MAURYYAN ADMINISTRATION
mantriparishad
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Ashokan
inscription at Lumbini mentions__________ as taxes collected from people.
bali and
bagha
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The land tax (bhaga) collected was____-
of the total produce.
1/6
174
A board of 30 members divided
into six committees with five members on
each, monitored
Navy
Armoury ( transport and supply)
Infantry
Cavalry
The war chariots
The war elephants
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Town administration was under
________. He was assisted by ___-
and ___-.
Nagarika
Sthanika ND GOPA
176
_________
of Rudradaman records that the
construction of a water reservoir known
as Sudarshana Lake was begun during
the time of Chandragupta Maurya and
completed during Ashoka’s reign
The Junagarh / Girnar Inscription
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(panas) IN MAURYAN ADMINIS
The punch marked silver coins
(panas) which carry the symbols of the
peacock,
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the hill and crescent copper
coins called ________IN MAURYA PERIOD
Mashakas
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Mauryan art can be
divided into two
Indigenous Art –
Statues of Yakshas
and Yakshis
180
Mauryan art can be
divided into two --- Royal Art
Palaces and Public
buildings
– Monolithic Pillars
– Rock cut Architecture
– Stupas
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Three caves in Barabar hills
have dedicative inscription of _____
Ashoka
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three in Nagarjuna hills have inscriptions
of _________
Dasharatha Maurya (grand son of
Ashoka).
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Last Maurya ruler OF maurya_____was
killed by his commander _____ who established Sungha
dynasty.
Brihadratha
Pushyamitra Sungha
184
The Great Wall of China was built by
Qin-Shi Huang
185
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
It is one of
the seven wonders of the ancient world
186
Monastery
a building in which monks live and worship
187
Treatise
(ஆய்வுக்கட்டுரை)
188
_____of Vardhana dynasty ruled
North India from 606 to 647 A.D (CE).
Harsha
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Udayagiri Cave Inscription, Mathura
Stone Inscription and Sanchi Stone
Inscription of ______
Chandragupta II.
190
Bhitari Pillar Inscription of
Skandagupta
191
Devichandraguptam
and Mudrarakshasa
Visakhadatta’s
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Bana’s
Harshacharita
193
Accounts of Chinese Buddhist monk
______ who visited India during the
reign of Chandragupta II.
Fahien
194
Ratnavali, Nagananda,
Priyadharshika
Harsha’s
195
Hiuen-Tsang's
Si-Yu-Ki
196
______ is considered to be the founder
of the Gupta dynasty
Sri Gupta
197
first Gupta ruler to
be featured on coins.
Sri Gupta
198
Sri Gupta was succeeded by
his son
Ghatotkacha
199
_____ married Kumaradevi
of the famous and powerful Lichchhavi
family.
Chandragupta I
319–335 AD(CE))
200
The gold coins attributed
to Chandragupta bear the images of
Chandragupta, Kumaradevi and the
legend ‘Lichchhavayah
201
Samudragupta, son of ____, was the greatest ruler of the dynasty.
Chandragupta
I
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The Prayog Prashasti, composed by
Samudragupta’s court poet ____
was engraved on Allahabad Pillar
Harisena
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Allahabad Pillar inscription
Samudragupta (335–380 AD(CE))
204
Prashasti is a Sanskrit word, meaning
commendation or ‘in praise of’.
205
In
the southern Pallava kingdom, the king
who was defeated by Samudragupta was
Vishnugopa.
206
Samudragupta was a devotee of .
Vishnu
207
who revived the Vedic practice of performing
horse sacrifice
Samudragupta
208
________is portrayed
playing harp (veenai).
Samudragupta
209
title ‘Kaviraja’.
Samudragupta
210
Sri Meghavarman, the Buddhist king
of Ceylon, was a contemporary of
Samudragupta
211
Chandragupta II was the son of
Samudragupta.
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who was also known as
Vikramaditya.
Chandragupta II
(380 - 415AD(CE))
213
The iron pillar
near Qutub Minar is believed to have been
built by
Vikramaditya r chandragupta 2
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(Navaratna [Nine Jewels])
chandragupta 2
215
Kalidasa
Harisena
Sanskrit poet
216
Amarasimha
Lexicographer
217
Dhanvantri
Physician
218
Kahapanaka
Astrologer
219
Sanku
Architect
220
Varauchi
Grammarian and
Sanskrit scholar
220
Varahamihira
Astronomer
221
Vittalbhatta
Magician
222
The surnames of Chandragupta II
were
Vikramaditya, Narendrachandra,
Simhachandra, Narendrasimha, Vikrama
Devaraja, Devagupta and Devasri.
223
Chandragupta II was succeeded by
his son______ who built the
famous Nalanda University
Kumaragupta I,
224
Kumaragupta’s successor
Skandagupta
225
_______had to face a new threat
in the form of the invasion of Huns
Skandagupta
226
Fahien visited India.
His travel accounts
1 the socio-economic,
religious
2 moral
conditions of the people of the Gupta
age.
3 no death penalty.
4 Gaya was
desolated.
5 Kapilavasthu had become a
jungle
6, but at Pataliputra people were
rich and prosperous.
226
narasimha gupta 1 was himself attracted towards
.
Buddhism
227
The
last of the great Guptas was
Narasimha Gupta I. or Baladitya
228
_____ was paying tribute to
Mihirakula
Narasimha Gupta I.
229
Thelast recognised king of the Gupta Empire was
Vishnugupta.
230
Gupta Polity
divine theory of kingship
231
High-ranking officials og gupta period were called
dandanayakas and mahadandanayakas
232
The Gupta Empire was divided into
provinces known as ___
They were administered by ___
deshas or bhuktis.
the governors,
designated as uparikas
233
districts such as vishyas gupta periodcontrolled by the officers
known as
vishyapatis.
234
village level in guta
gramika
and gramadhyaksha.
235
baladhikrita in gp
).
(commander of infantry
236
mahabaladhikrita in g p
nd cavalry respectively
236
spies in gp
dutakas.
237
Nitisara, authored by _______
emphasises the importance of the royal
treasury and mentions various sources
of revenue
Kamandaka,
238
Classification of land during Gupta
period
Kshetra cultivable land
Khila waste land
Aprahata jungle or forest land
Vasti habitable land
Gapata Saraha pastoral land
239
two
types of traders in gp, namely
Sresti and
Sarthavaha.
240
Nalanda University flourished under
the patronage of the Gupta Empire
in thj
e 5th and 6th centuries and later
under emperor Harsha of Kanauj
241
Nalanda was ravaged and destroyed by Mamluks (Turkish Muslims) under
Bhaktiyar
Khalji
242
Eight Mahapatashalas and three large
libraries were situated on the campus. in____
Nalanda University
243
Who were the Huns?
Huns were the nomadic
tribes, who, under their great Attila, were
terrorising Rome and Constantinople
244
White Huns After defeating
Skandagupta, they spread across Central India.
Their chief,
Toromana,
245
Toromana son
Mihirakula
246
Mihirakula defeated by
Finally, Yasodharman, ruler of Malwa in
Central India,
247
Sresti traders
usually
settled
at a standard
place.
248
Sarthavaha traders
were
caravan
traders who carried
their goods to
different places
249
who introduced the Gupta
monetary system
Samudragupta
250
The Gupta
gold coins were known as
Dinara.
251
The most important evidence of
development in metallurgy was the____
Mehrauli Iron Pillar installed by King
Chandragupta II in Delhi
252
Inscriptions refer to Kubernaga
and Dhrubaswamini as the queens of
Chandragupta II.
253
Sati was practised
during the Gupta rule. yes r no
yes
254
___ and ___ performed Asvamedha
Yagna (a horse sacrifice ritual). in gp
Samudragupta and
Kumaragupta I
255
s were the first to construct
temples,
The Gupta
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Ajanta and Ellora
(Maharashtra),
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Bagh
(Madhya Pradesh)
(Madhya Pradesh)
258
Udaygiri
(Odisha).
259
Two remarkable examples of Gupta
metal sculpture
(i) a copper image
of Buddha about 18 feet high at Nalanda
and (ii) Sultanganj Buddha seven-and-ahalf
feet in height.
260
the Gupta paintings are
found
Fresco of the Ajanta caves
and the Bagh cave in Gwalior.
261
the language spoken by the
people in gp was
Prakrit
262
the Guptas made
_____ the official language
Sanskrit
263
who
wrote Mahabhashya
Patanjali
264
who
wrote Ashtadhyayi
panini
265
A Buddhist scholar from Bengal,
Chandrogomia composed a book on
grammar titled
Chandravyakaranam
266
famous dramas were Sakunthala,
Malavikagnimitra and Vikramaoorvashiyam
Kalidasa’s
267
Meghaduta, Raghuvamsa, Kumarasambava
and Ritusamhara.
Kalidasa
268
Aryabhatta, in his book
Surya Siddhanta,
explained the true
causes of solar and lunar eclipses
269
_____was the first Indian astronomer
to declare that the earth revolves
around its own axis.
Aryabhatta
270
specialist in Ayurveda.
Dhanvantri
271
__was the
first Indian to explain the process of
surgery.
Susruta
272
The founder of the Vardhana
or Pushyabhuti dynasty ruled from
Thaneswar
273
_____ served as a
military general under the Guptas
Pushyabhuti
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With the accession of ______-,
the Pushyabhuti family became strong
and powerful.
Prabakaravardhana,
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, the eldest son of
Prabhakaravardhana,
Rajavardhana
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Rajavardhana's
sister_____
husband, Raja of Kanauj,
was killed by the Gauda
ruler Sasanka of Bengal
Rajayashri's
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Harsha
shifted his capital from Thaneswar to
Kanauj.
278
The most popular king of the vardhana
dynasty was
Harshavardhana 606 to 647
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harsha was killed by
Chalukya king Pulikesin II.
280
Harsha met the Chinese traveller,
Hiuen Tsang, at____ for the first
time
Kajangala near
Rajmahal (Jharkhand)
281
____ were the three kinds of tax
collected during Harsha’s reign.
Bhaga, Hiranya and
Bali
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Harsha was the worshipper of Shiva in
the beginning, but he embraced Buddhism
under the influence of his
sister Rajyashri
and the Buddhist monk and traveller
Hiuen Tsang.
283
who belonged to Mahayana
school of thought. in vardhmana period
harsha
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‘prince of pilgrims’,
Hiuen Tsang,
285
_____ tells us
how Harsha, though a Buddhist, went
to participate in the great kumbhamela
held at Prayag.
Hiuen Tsang
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harsha royal court was adorned by
Banabhatta,
Mayura, Hardatta and Jayasena.
287
______ was the contemporary of Constantine the Great, the Roman Emperor,
who founded Constantinople
Chandragupta I
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Tang Dynasty of China. Their
capital (Harsha’s time coincided)
(Xi’an)
289
Desolated
பா ழடைந்த
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Pathetic
பரிதாபக ரமான
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___________ was the Gauda ruler of Bengal.
Sasanka
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Buddhist monk from China __________, visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II.
FAHIAN
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Chalukyas of Badami (Vatapi), who were
then pushed away by the
Rashtrakutas
294
The Pallava kings important trade centre of
Kanchipuram
295
Kasakudi Plates
pallavas
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_______ son
of Simhavarman II (around 550 AD (CE), created
a strong Pallava kingdom after destroying the
Kalabhras.
Simhavishnu,
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The last Pallava ruler was
.
Aparajita
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Mahendravarman I was
succeeded by his son
Narasimhavarman I.
299
________embraced Saivism by the Saivite
saint Appar (Tirunavukkarasar) 1st devotee of jainism
Mahendravarman I
300
introducing a new style to Dravidian architecture, which is referred
to as ‘Mahendra style
Mahendravarman I
301
Mahendravarman
also wrote plays, including (c.620)
_________. (The Delight of the
Drunkards) in Sanskrit, which denigrates
Buddhism.
MattavilasaPrahasana
302
_______ seems to have defeated
Mahendravarman in one of the battles and
taken over a large part of his territory (Vengi)
in the north.
Pulakesin
303
______
(c. 630–668) avenged the defeat by
capturing Vatapi, the capital of Chalukyas.
He set Vatapi on fire, killing Pulakesin in the
process.
Narasimavarma I
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Narasimhavarman I’s army general
was i
Paranjothi Popularly known as
Siruthondar (one of the 63 Nayanmars),
305
"Paranjothi led the Pallava army during
the invasion of Vatapi. After the victory
he had a change of heart and devoted
himself to Lord Siva " said in
periya puranam
306
______
also known as Rajasimha, was a great
military strategist
Narasimhavarman II (c. 695–722),
307
the famous Kailasanatha
temple at Kanchipuram was built by
Narasimhavarman II
308
Avanisimha
Simhavishnu
309
Vichitra Chitta
Mahendravarma I
310
Sankirnajati
Mahendravarma I
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Mattavilasa
Mahendravarma I
312
Gunabhara
Mahendravarma I
313
Chitrakarapuli
Mahendravarma I
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Vatapi
Kondan
Narasimhavarma I
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Mamallan,
Narasimhavarma I
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Mamallapuram
was added to the list of UNESCO World
Heritage Sites.
1984,
317
Rock-Cut temples
Mahendravarman
style
318
Monolithic Rathas and Sculptural
Mandapas
Mamallan style
319
Structural Temples
Rajasimhan
style and Nandivarman style
320
Vaikunda
Perumal temple at Kanchipuram. style
Nandivarma Style
321
nayanmars sivan
63
322
azhwars vishnu
12
323
who
wrote Nyaya Bhashya was a teacher at
Kanchi (Gatika).
Vatsyaya
324
he treatise on Dakshin Chitram
(Paintings of South India) was
compiled during the reign of
.
Mahendravarma I
325
great Sanskrit scholar,
Dandin, adorned in the
court of
Narasimhavarma I
326
Dandin composed
Dashakumara
Charita.
327
Bharavi, the great Sanskrit scholar, lived
in the time of
Simhavishnu
328
Bharavi
wrote _______, an epic in verses
Kiratarjuniya
329
Thevaram
composed by
Nayanmars
330
Nalayradivyaprabantham composed
by
Azhwars
331
Perundevanar, who
was patronized by_____-,
Nandivarman II
332
_______translated the Mahabharata into Tamil
as Bharathavenba.
Perundevanar
333
The
famous musician Rudracharya lived during
_____
Mahendravarma I.
334
The music inscriptions in
______ and ______temples
show Pallavas’ interest in music
Kudumianmalai
Thirumayam
335
three distinct of independent
Chalukya dynasties
1. Chalukyas of Badami
2. Chalukyas of Vengi (Eastern Chalukyas)
3. Chalukyas of Kalyani (Western Chalukyas).
336
Aihole Inscription:
Meguti Temple in Aihole (Bagalkot district,
Karnataka
337
________-is written in Sanskrit by
Ravikirti, a court poet of Chalukya king
Pulakesin II. It makes a mention of the
defeat of Harsha Vardhana by Pulakesin II.
Aihole Inscription:
338
FATHER OF Kirtivarman I
Pulakesin I,
339
The
Persian (Iran) king Khusru II sent an
embassy to the court of
Pulakesin II.
340
Pulakesin II conquered
the kingdom of Vengi and gave it to his
brother_________, the first Eastern
Chalukya ruler
Vishnuvardhana
341
Chalukyas had recaptured it by
655
Vikramaditya I (655 to 680) and
Vikramaditya II,
342
__________,
the successor of Vikramaditya II was
defeated by Dantidurga,
Kirtivarman II,
343
, the founder of
the Rashtrakuta dynasty.
Dantidurga
344
_____occupied Kalyani and
his dynasty quickly grew into an empire
under Somesvara I.v
Tailapa II
345
Somesvara I moved
the capital from _____ to Kalyani
Manyakheta
346
____ is a
combination of south Indian (Dravida)
and north Indian (Nagara) building
styles iin chalukyas.
Vesara
347
The Vishnu temple at Badami was built by______ of the Chalukya Dynasty
and contains the Aihole inscription of
Vikramaditya II
Mangalesa
348
Chalukyas adopted the _____
style in paintings.
Vakataka
349
Pattadakal,Bagalkot district
of Karnataka. temples
four were built in northern style
(Nagara), while the rest six are in the
southern (Dravida) style
350
The Rashtrakutas ,their mother tongue was
Kannada.
351
_______ was the founder of Rashtrakuta
dynasty.
Dantidurga
352
who
succeeded Dantidurga
Krishna I
353
The
Kailasanatha temple at Ellora was built by
Krishna I
354
The greatest king of the Rashtrakuta
dynasty was
Amogavarsha
355
_______built a
new capital at Manyakheta (now Malkhed
in Karnataka)
Amogavarsha.
356
_____ became the
port. of rastrakuta period
Broach
357
, who succeeded his
father Amogavarsha, suffered a defeat in
the battle of Vallala (modern Tiruvallam,
Vellore district) at the hands of Cholas
under Parantaka in c. 916.
Krishna II
358
____
(c. 939–967) was the last able ruler
of Rashtrakuta dynasty
Krishna III
359
_____defeated
the Cholas in the battle of Takkolam
(presently in Vellore district) and
captured Thanjavur
Krishna III
(c. 939–967)
360
_____built Krishneshwara temple at
Rameshwaram.
Krishna III
361
____ was the last
ruler to hold the empire intact. After his
death, the Rashtrakuta power declined.
Govinda III
362
Kavirajamarga composed by
Amogavarsha was the first poetic work in
kannada
363
The three
gems of Kannada literature during the
which period were Pampa, Sri Ponna and Ranna
The Rashtrakutas
364
Adikavi Pampa was famous for his creative
works ______
Adipurana and Vikramarjunavijaya.
365
The life of Rishabadeva, the first Jain
Tirthankara is depicted in
Adipurana
366
In Vikramarjunavijaya Pampa’s patron,
______i, is identified with
Arjuna, epic hero of Mahabharatha.
Chalukya Arikesari
367
Kailasanatha Temple – Ellora
(near
Aurangabad, Maharashtra
368
The Kailasanatha temple
portrays typical ______ features.
Dravidian
369
Amogavarsha (c. 814–878) was
embraced to Jainism by
Jinasena, a Jain
monk.
370
The Jain Narayana
temple and the Kasi Vishwesvara temple
were built by
Rashtrakutas.
371
Leshan Giant Buddha
(71 metre tall)
Built during
Tang dynasty in China
372
ravaged
severely damaged சூறையாடிய
373
descendants
வழித்தோன்றல்கள்
374
reclining
சாய்ந்திருக்கக்கூடிய
375
Who among the following built the VaikundaPerumal temple?
Nandivarma II
376
Pattadakal
Chalukyas
