Traders, Kings and Pilgrims

How do we know that traders of Rome visited South India?

• Roman Gold Coins have been found in South India

• Inscriptions have been found in South India

• Roman Silver Coins were found in South India

• None of these

Who were the three ruling families of South India?

• None of these

• Cheras, Pandeyas, Guptas

• Cholas, Guptas, Mauryas

• Cheras, Cholas, Pandeyas

The traders took advantage of what?

• Money

• Monsoon Winds

• Sea Coast

• None of these

What did the three chiefs collected for their people?

• Tax

• Gifts

• Gold

• None of these

What makes silk a highly valued fabric?

• It was made of the cocoon of the silkworm

• That it was carried with many difficulties in the path

• Its smooth texture and glossy colour

• None of these

__________ was the first ruler of the Kushanas.

What were the major duties of the three chiefs?

• Went on Military expenditions

• Collected Tribute from neighbouring areas

• Went on trade

• Collected taxes

In what ways did the chiefs used the demands and gifts collected from the people?

• Kept some for themselves

• Distributed some to the people

• Did not used them

• Gave some to the neighbouring areas

The __________ dynasty became the most important around 200 years later in West-India.

Who were the best-known Chinese Pilgrims who came to the subcontinent

• Fa-Xian

• Huin-Tsang

• Xuan-Zang

• I-Quing