Contact with Distant Lands

What does Sangam mean?

• Separate

• Disorganized

• Confluence

• Scatter

The poems on love and war were also known as

• Pattupattu and Ettutogai

• Aham and Puram

• Silappadikaram and Manimekalai

• Tolkappiyam and Kural

The three important dynasties of Southern India which finds a mention in the Sangam literature are

• Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas

• Kushanas, Parthians, Sakas

• Patna, Patliputra, Mathura

• Alamgirpur, Baluchistan, Shortugai

One of the most important contributions of Karikala, the Chola king was

• Built the Kallanai dam

• Defeated the Cholas, Chera, and five other kingdoms near Tanjore

• Development of the Gandhara school of art

• Helped in the spread of Buddhism

Under the reign of which ruler, were the doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism finalised.

• Nedunchezian

• Gautamiputra Satakarni

• Kanishka

• Senguttuvan

What was the major item of trade exchanged through the Silk Route?

• Silk

• Ivory

• Pearls

• Spices

Which was the most prosperous and important ports of ancient India?

• Kaveripattinam

• Bhrigukachcha

• Tamralipti

• Arikamedu

Milinda Panha is a Buddhist text which records the discussions of

• Milinda and Nagasena

• Ashoka and Nagasena

• Karikala and Nedunchezhian

• Sakas and Romans

The kings of which dynasty called themselves the "Lords of Dakshinapatha"

• Sakas

• Greeks

• Satavahanas

• Kushanas

Fa Xian was a ___________ pilgrim

• Greek

• Chinese

• Japanese

• Roman