Ancient Indian History Quiz

Chanhu Daro is an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization. The site is located 130 km south of Mohenjo-Daro, in Sindh, Pakistan. It was the only Indus city without a citadel.

After Alexander's death, the Eastern part of his empire came under Seleucus Nicator. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire.

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.

Samudragupta (335-375 AD) of the Gupta dynasty is known as the Napoleon of India. Historian A V Smith called him so because of his great military conquests known from the 'Prayag Prashati' written by his courtier and poet Harisena, who also describes him as the hero of a hundred battles.

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

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.

Megasthenes was the Greek ambassador who visited India sometime between 302 BCE and 288 BCE. He was an ambassador of Seleucus Nicator I, in the court of Chandragupta Maurya. He described India in his book Indika.

Gupta Kingship was hereditary. The throne did not always go to the eldest son. The Guptas made munificent gifts to the brahmanas, who expressed their gratitude by comparing the king to different gods. King was looked upon as Vishnu, the protector and preserver.

The Buddha condemned the caste system, which he considered unjust. The Buddhist scriptures were available to all men and women. Buddhism encouraged the abolition of distinctions in society and strengthened the principle of social equality.

There are archaeological evidence that there was an urban kind development during the Harappan civilization that is there where drainage systems, planned cities, massive structure and use of kiln bricks.