TRADERS,KINGS AND PILGRIMS

1.Which of these spices was known as black gold?

• Peri-Peri

• Pepper

• Cardamom

• Cloves

If the traders wanted to reach the western coast of the subcontinent from East Africa or Arabia, they chose to sail with

• South-East Monsoon Winds

• South-West Monsoon Winds

• Westerlies

• Easterlies.

Sangam poems mention the muvendar.This is a Tamil word meaning _________ chiefs.

• THREE

• TWO

• FOUR

Shatavahana rulers were known as lords of the_________

• Uttarapatha

• Dakshinapatha

• East rulers

• West rulers

Identify the capital of Pandyas

• Kanchipuram

• Puhar

• Madurai

• Karokai

The most famous ruler of the Shatavahanas was

• Rajaraja

• Rajendra

• Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni

• Gautami Balashri

Techniques of making silk were first invented in _________.

• China

• Rome

• Oman

• Saudi Arabia

8.Chinese rulers sent gifts of silk to rulers in __________ and _____________and from where the knowledge of silk spread further west.

• Iran and West Asia

• Afghanistan and East Asia

• Iran and Syria

Wearing silk became the fashion among rulers and rich people in _____________

• Iran

• Afghanistan

• Rome