10 :Reaching Out to Distant Lands

The ' Saka Era ' began in the year......

• 78 CE

• 78 BCE

• 56 CE

• 58 BCE

The first ever gold coins in India were issued by the _____ dyasties

• Mugal

• Gupta

• Kushan

• Maurya

The Kanishka also encouraged ____ and ____ literature

• English and Spanish
• Sanskrit and Art

• Chinese and Japanese
• French and German

The Kushans patronized the ____which developed as a result of the intermingling of India and foreign ideas.

• agriculture and trade

• Gandhara school of Art

• art and architecture

• science and technology

Who founded the Kushan dynasty

• Ashoka
• Genghis Khan
• Julius Caesar
• Kujula Kadphises

The ____ and ____ were excellent horsemen and popularized the use of horses in India

• Sikhs and Marathas
• Mongols and Persians
• Greeks and Romans
• Mughals and Rajputs

A headless statue of Kanishka was found near?

(a)  

Beautiful images of the Buddha and the specimens of the art form has been found in _____

• China
• Japan
• Mexico
• Mathura

Which people were the first to pruduce silk as early as the 5000 BCE

• Mayans
• Ancient Egyptians
• Vikings
• Ancient Chinese people

Indians traded silk with the (a)   empire