History of India - I

Uttaram yat Samudrasya, Himadraschaiva dakshinam I

Varsham tad Bharatam nama, Bharati yatra santatih II

Which Purana does this shloka, mentioning the ancient geography of India, appear in?

• Vishnu Purana

• Vayu Purana

• Skanda Purana

• Markandeya Purana

The Naqs - i - Rustam inscription of Achaemenid Persia mentions the word 'Hindu' referring to India. Which Persian ruler commissioned this inscription?

• Xerses

• Cyrus

• Darius I

• Darius III

Which ancient civilisation referred to India by various names as Shendu, Tianzhu and Yindu?

• Chinese

• Korean

• Japanese

• Vietnamese

Which of the following historical sources are called the 'sheet anchor of Ancient Indian History'?

• Epigraphy

• Numismatics

• Literary Sources

• Archaeological Sources

Who established the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784?

• Sir William Jones

• James Prinsep

• Alexander Cunningham

• John Marshall

In 1837, James Prinsep discovered the meaning of the ________ in Ashokan edicts.

• Brahmi script

• Harappan script

• Vedic script

• Kharoshthi script

On the initiative of Viceroy Canning and Sir Alexander Cunningham, when was the Archaeological Survey of India established?

• 1817

• 1871

• 1837

• 1873

The Indus Valley Civilisation was discovered in the Montgomery district of West Punjab in 1921 by Dayaram Sahni and Rakhaldas Bandopadhyaya. Who was the Director - General of the Archaeological Survey of India at the time?

• Sir John Hubert Marshall

• Sir William Jones

• Sir Alexander Cunningham

• James Prinsep

What is the study of coins known as?

• Epigraphy

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Numismatics

The study of inscriptions (Lipi) is known as

• Numismatics

• Virology

• Epigraphy

• Museology