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WorksheetsAshoka/New Empires and Kingdoms
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is a Prashasti ?
Prashastis were inscriptions issued by Indian rulers written in form of poetry, the prashastis were generally composed by the court poets.
The Book of Divine Magic of the past
Ashoka's writings on dhamma
A story book in the medieval era of indian history
What do we learn about Samudragupta from his prashasti?
A flop king losing war after war, had no talent and was illiterate a disgust, he is known to have tortured his own people
A Mistaken lad who fell into the hands of the evil kings, and was tortured day by day, having the ability to withstand pain and have steel like arms, saving his people from the king
A great King winning war after war, had many talents and is literate, one of his known talents is music by his veena
He's Intellegentelly turning himself into a fool
Which title did Samudragupta held
Maharaja- Adhraja
Mahendra
Maha rajas
Genetic king
What are Genealogies
the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages.
the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word pathology also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices.
the study of the history of life on Earth as based on fossils. Fossils are the remains of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and single-celled living things that have been replaced by rock material or impressions of organisms preserved in rock.East
The Study of basic needs to fulfill ancestral orders
The capital of The Chalukyas was
Tanjore
Amravati
Kanchipuram
Aihole
___________ wrote prashasti of Samudragupta.
Ramagupta
Vikrmaditya
Harishena
Kumaradevi
Who wrote Harshavardhana's biography?
Banabhatta
Harshacharita
Xuan Zang
Ravikirti
Capital of Pallavas
Mumbai
Chennai
Magadha
Kanchipuram
Chandragupta II assumed the title of_____________.
Maharajadhiraja
Vikramaditya
Bunyoro
Kitara
What was the name of the most famous play written by Kalidasa
Rigveda
Abhijnana Shakuntalam
Vikram Samvat
None of these
Which Chinese pilgrim made a plan to differentiate the untouchables from the people ?
Fa Xian
Xuan Zang
Kai Long
Fa Xuan
Who were the Actors in one of Kalidasa's plays
shakatala and dushyanto
Shakuntala and
Dushyanta
Banabhatta and Aryabhatta
Alibaba and Peter pan
Which Village consists of leaders who are not Brahmins ?
UR Village
Kanchipuram
Aihole
Mumbai
Who were the samantas ?
Leaders of an army, not paid land revenue, and get the chance to become independent
Soldiers in war not paid enough and were spies
Rebel Soldiers
Courtiers
In which battle did Pulakeshin 2 die?
The Battle of Vatapi
The Battle of Aihole
The Battle of the Freemen
REBELLION
The lions are carved from which material?
Metal
Mud
Stone
Who was Ashoka's grandfather?
Chandragupta Maurya
Akbar
Tansen
Krishnadevaraya
A book of Governance written by Kautilya -
Arthashastra
Indika
________ was the capital city of the Mauryas.
Taxila
Pataliputra
Ujjain
Kalinga
The _________ War changed Ashoka into a peace lover.
Kalinga
Magadha
Panipat
Buxar
Ashoka had appointed officials known as Dhamma _________________who went from place to place teaching people dhamma
MINISTERS
MAHAMATTA
MANAGERS
MUKHIYAS
Ashokan Edicts are engraved in the ______________ script.
Prakrit
Sanskrit
Aramaic
Brahmi
___________________was an ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta
IBN BATUTA
MEGASTHENES
I QUING
MARCO POLO
What is a Tribute
A treaty to other kings
A tribute to the emperor by giving him a variety oof things for respect
Collected when it was possible for people who gave a lot of things more or less willingly
prize money
what is dhamma
the law of nature or the truth, and equality to others, and no animal sacrifices
the law of justice of society
the order to tax people by the minimum wages presented by them with low standard matearial
the act to disintegrate the empire to dust and make their own empire following democracy
