Ancient Indian History Quiz

In the year 643 AD, Harsha held a great religious assembly in his capital at Kanauj. The purpose of the assembly was to highlight the teachings of Buddha. After the Kannauj Assembly was concluded, Hiuen-Tsang (Chinese Buddhist monk, traveler) was making preparations to go to his home, but Harsha invited him to attend another Assembly at Prayag.

Sanskrit literature broadly comprises texts composed in the earliest attested descendant of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language known as Vedic Sanskrit and later on in the language formally defined by Pāṇini usually called Classical Sanskrit. Meghadutam belongs to classical Sanskrit literature. It was written by Mahakavi Kalidas.

Pulakeshin II was the most famous ruler of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi. During his reign, the Chalukya kingdom expanded to cover most of the Deccan region in peninsular India.

Kanishka (flourished 1st-century CE) was the greatest king of the Kushan Dynasty. Nagarjuna (Born 150 CE, Buddhist thinker and philosopher); Asvagosha (Born 80 CE, Buddhist philosopher) and Vasumitra (Reign: 131–124 BCE, Fourth ruler of the Shunga Empire) were contemporaries of Kanishka.

Allahabad Pillar inscription is written in the more refined Gupta script (a later version of Brahmi) by the poet and minister, Harishena. The inscription is a panegyric praising Samudra Gupta and lists the political and military achievements of his reign including his expeditions to the south.

It is believed that the Saka Era was founded by King Kanishka in 78 AD. Kanishka the Great, was the emperor of the Kushan dynasty.

Copper was the first metal used by the vedic people. During the Rig Vedic period only copper was used for which the general term - 'ayas' has been used. In a later period when iron came into use, copper and iron came to be known as 'lohit ayas' and 'syam ayas' respectively.

The paintings in the Ajanta caves predominantly narrate the Jataka tales. These are Buddhist legends describing the previous births of the Buddha.

Harappan people produced a large number of terracotta figurines, which were handmade. The figurines include humans, animals and birds. The terracotta figurines excavated at the Harappan site had images of oxen, buffaloes, pigs, goats, sheep and humpes bull. The cow was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization.

The earliest city discovered in India was Harappa in Punjab, in present-day Pakistan.