General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Post-Mauryan Period | Part 1
1. The earliest specimen of ‘Kavya’ style is found in the inscription of [UPPCS (Pre) 1997] (A) Rudradaman of Kathiawar (B) Ashoka (C) Rajendra
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General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Post-Mauryan Period | Part 2
19. Ashvaghosha was contemporary of [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010 UPPCS (Mains) 2008] (A) Ashoka (B) Chandragupta-II (C) Kanishka (D) Harshvardhan 20. Which one of
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Gupta and Post-Gupta Period | Part 1
1. Who is known as the Napoleon of India? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009 Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2005 UPPCS (Pre) 1990] (A) Chandragupta Maurya
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Gupta and Post-Gupta Period | Part 2
16. There were different causes for the downfall of the Gupta Empire. Which one among the statements given below was not the cause? [Uttarakhand
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Gupta and Post-Gupta Period | Part 4
46. Who amongst the following had defeated Huna ruler Mihirakula? [UPPCS (Pre) 2016] (A) Budhagupta (B) Yashodharman (C) Shashanka (D) Prabhakaravardhana 47. Chinese traveller
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Gupta and Post-Gupta Period | Part 5
61. ‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowing, for once cremated, there is no return.’ This rejection of afterlife
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Post-Mauryan Period | Part 3
37. Which one of the following sculptures invariably used green schist as the medium? [IAS (Pre) 1996] (A) Mauryan sculptures (B) Mathura sculptures (C)
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Gupta and Post-Gupta Period | Part 6
76. The capital of Maukharri was [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011] (A) Thaneshwar (B) Kannauj (C) Purushpur (D) None of these 77. Information regarding time
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Gupta and Post-Gupta Period | Part 3
31. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period women and Sudras speak [IAS (Pre) 1995] (A) Sanskrit (B) Prakrit (C) Pali (D) Sauraseni
General Knowledge – Section 1- History of India | Ancient History – Gupta and Post-Gupta Period | Part 7
91. The term ‘Kausheya’ has been used for [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008] A) Cotton (B) Flax (C) Silk (D) Wool 92. Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang studied