Indian History Foundations

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1. Who founded the Maurya Empire in the late fourth century BCE?

   • Bindusara
   • Chandragupta Maurya
   • Ashoka
   • Harsha

2. Which Mauryan ruler had edicts about dhamma inscribed on rocks and pillars across his empire?

   • Chandragupta Maurya
   • Samudragupta
   • Kanishka
   • Ashoka

3. Who wrote the Sanskrit drama Abhijnanashakuntalam?

   • Kalidasa
   • Banabhatta
   • Tulsidas
   • Amir Khusrau

4. The Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur was commissioned by which Chola ruler?

   • Rajendra II
   • Kulottunga I
   • Rajaraja I
   • Vijayalaya

5. Babur’s victory over Ibrahim Lodi in 1526 occurred in which battle?

   • First Battle of Panipat
   • Battle of Plassey
   • Battle of Talikota
   • Battle of Haldighati

6. Akbar’s principle of sulh-i kul is best translated as which approach to rule?

   • Rule by hereditary nobles only
   • Continuous military conquest
   • Universal peace and tolerance
   • Withdrawal from administration

7. At his 1674 coronation at Raigad, Shivaji assumed which royal title?

   • Sultan
   • Chhatrapati
   • Peshwa
   • Nawab

8. The Great Stupa at Sanchi was enlarged and given stone railings mainly during which post-Mauryan dynasty?

   • Kushan dynasty
   • Pala dynasty
   • Chalukya dynasty
   • Shunga dynasty

9. Harihara I and Bukka I, founders of the Vijayanagara Empire, belonged to which ruling house?

   • Sangama dynasty
   • Tuluva dynasty
   • Saluva dynasty
   • Aravidu dynasty

10. The Arthashastra is traditionally attributed to Kautilya, also known by which name?

    • Patanjali
    • Varahamihira
    • Chanakya
    • Nagarjuna