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WorksheetsSouth Asian History IHBB
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The period starting in 600 BCE in which Sanskrit and the Vedas were introduced to India. There were sixteen separate states concentrated around the fertile Central Ganges Plain. Name this period in which the states adopted many characteristics of the Indus River Valley Civilisation but were populated by the arriving Indo-Europeans.
Majanapanadas
Majahanapadas
Mahajanapadas
Madajapahadas
The man born into the Musahiban Royal Family and overthrew the Monarchy ten years after his Primeministership as the fifth of Afghanistan. Name this man who was later assassinated in 1978 during the Saur Revolution.
Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani
Daoud Khan
Ghani Khan
Sadiq Khan
The ruins of this ancient city are presently located by the Indus River in Pakistan. It is one of the first cities in the world and was the largest of the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC). Name this city that was the center and the heart of the IVC.
Mohenjo-daro
Ganeriwala
Rakhigarhi
Lothal
The Emperor would conquer lands and take the Kushan Empire to new heights. His conquest and patronage of Buddhism would develop the Silk Road and spread Mahayana Buddhism to China. Name this Emperor whose face can be found on coins as far as China.
Vima Khadpises
Kanishka
Heraios
Huvishka
While most Islamic conquerors of India raided her for her riches. Name this Islamic leader who would conquer swathes of Northern India and forever alter the fabric of Indian society by fusing Islamic culture with the locals.
Muhammad Gori
Razia Al-Din
Qutd al-Din Aibak
Muhammed Tughlaq
This person was descended of Timur and Genghis Khan, two of history's most brutal conquerors, through his mother and father respectively. Name this leader who established the Mughal Empire in 1526 and became its first Emperor.
Ashoka
Bahram
Sayyid
Babur
This Emperor formed the first recognizable Indian state in 322 BCE called the Mauryan Empire by overthrowing the Nanda Dynasty. Name the Emperor, with his annexation of Taxila, managed to establish his Mauryan Dynasty.
Arthashastra
Ashoka
Chandragupta
Pushyamitra
This King would establish the Gupta Empire in 320 CE, marking the beginning of the Classical Age in India in which artisans were paid for their work, a rarity in the ancient world. Name this King who sparked a new era of culture on the subcontinent.
Chandragupta I
Samudragupta
Purugupta
Kumaragupta I
Name this man who would be seen wearing a short Dhoti or Shawl, the latter of which when it got cold in winter. He was a strict vegetarian and would also often fast as a political protest against colonialism in India. He was a lawyer and adopted a non-violent approach to call for British withdrawal and independence. Name this man who assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921.
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Name the man who was the first Prime Minister of India and a prominent independence figure. He would be in charge as Minister of Defence during the Sino-Indian War in 1962 where India lost Aksai Chin to China. Name this man who oversaw India's transition from a colony to a republic, while nurturing a plural, multi-party system. In foreign policy, he took a leading role in the Non-Aligned Movement while projecting India as a regional hegemon in South Asia.
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Under on the longest-ruling dynasties in human history, this thalassocratic Empire located in Southern India would control large parts of the Maritime Silk Road, lasting from 300 BCE to 1279 CE. It would go on to influence large parts of Southeast Asia, bringing Buddhism and Hinduism to the region. Name this Empire that along with Chera and Pandya, ruled Southern India.
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The person served as President of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979 and was an Afghani Communist spokesperson. He led the Khalq wing of the People’s Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (PDPA) and in 1978 he helped initiate the Saur Revolution and established the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Name the man who in September 1979, was assassinated in an internal coup orchestrated by Hafizullah Amin, a fellow party member and then Prime Minister.
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After the collapse of the PDPA in 1992, this organization came into being in September 1994 as a movement and militia of students from Sunni Islamic schools in Pakistan. They took control of Kandahar city that year and conquered more territories until driving out the government of Rabbani from Kabul in 1996, establishing an emirate. Name this organization that was overthrown in December 2001.
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This dude presided over the opening of many world-renowned monuments of today, the best known of which is the Taj Mahal in Agra, in which he entombed his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Other grand building projects include the Red Fort and the Shah Jahan Mosque. Name this Mughal ruler who was in the 5th Emperor and was charge when the devastating Deccan famine hit from 1630-1632.
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This empire was a very tolerant society for all religions. This allowed them to earn popularity with many Hindus. Moreover, it did not follow the discriminatory Caste system and early on, possessed a powerful navy that challenged western powers. Name this Empire which would later devolve into a confederacy and also was later defeated by the British East India Company.
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The Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, he is considered to be one of India’s greatest emperors, developing the concept of dhamma (pious social conduct), and the promotion of Buddhism as well as his effective reign of a nearly pan-Indian political entity. After waging a destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha), which he conquered in about 260 BCE, he converted to Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths. Name this Emperor who renounced war in his later years.
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