Indian Heritage & Culture

Indus Valley Civilization, more precisely known as Harappan Civilization. It flourished around:

• 1500 BC

• 2500 BC

• 500 BC

• 1000 BC

The Vedic Civilization flourished along the river __________

• Yamuna

• Ganga

• Saraswati

• Brahmputra

The ________period has been described as the Golden Age of Indian history.

• Gupta

• Maurya

• Mughal

• British

In ______ Harshavardhana invaded the Chalukya kingdom in the Deccan, which was then ruled by Pulakesin II.

• 620 A.D.

• 650 A.D.

• 500 A.D.

• 700 A.D.

The Chalukyas were a great power in India between 6th and 8th century A.D.

• Northern

• Western

• Eastern

• Southern

The last ruler of this dynasty was _____________ under whose reign the Muslims invaded Bengal, and the empire fell.

• Lakshamanasena

• Samantasena

• Vijaysena

• Ballalasena

The first important ruler to emerge from The Chola Empire of the South was

• Rajaraja Chola I

• Rajendra I

• Rajadhiraj

• None

___________, the ferocious leader, led a series of raids against Rajput kingdoms and rich Hindu temples, and established a base in Punjab for future incursions.

• Timur or Tamerlane

• Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni

• Prophet Muhammad

• Umayyad caliph

Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak Dev at the beginning of the ________ century

• Fourteenth

• Fifteenth

• Sixteenth

• Seventeenth

____________ of Iran sacked Delhi in 1739 and exposed the fragility of the power of Mughals

• Bahadur Shah Zafar

• Nadirshah

• Aurangazeb

• None