Ancient History - India Quiz

Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?

• Indus River

• Ganges River

• Yellow River

• Yangtze

What is the cycle of rebirths (the process of reincarnation) called?

• circle of life

• wheel of life

• wheel of fortune

• wheel of destiny

What famous Indian poet earned the title of “the Indian Shakespeare”?

• Asoka

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Kalidasa

Language of ancient India

• Sanskrit

• Nepalese

• Persian

• Aryan

The great god of Hinduism is

• Gautama

• Krishna

• Brahman

• Shiva

What are the rigid social divisions of India called?

• feudal system

• caste system

• aristocracy

• oligarchy

Indian ruler of the Mauryan Empire who renounced war and became a convert to Buddhism.

• Asoka

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Kalidasa

established the Mauryan Empire

• Asoka

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Kalidasa

TRUE or FALSE?

Hindus believe all religions to be equally true and equally false.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The early Indus civilization ended suddenly, and it was at this time (1500 BC) that a warlike people called the migrated into the Indus Valley. Who were these invaders?

• Aryans

• Greeks

• Mongols

• Huns