OBJECTIVE-ANCIENT INDIA

OBJECTIVE-ANCIENT INDIA-UGC

1. Lingusur was the first neolithic site in India

2. Pallavaram was the first neolithic site in India

3. Man started the use of fire in mesolithic age

4.Shishunaga transferred the capital of Magadh to Vaishali but Kalashoka transferred it permanently to Patliputra.

5. The doctrine of Trimurti can be found in Maitreyani upanishad

6. Sautramani was a soma drinking festival

7. "No one is above the Kshatriyas"- Vrihadryanka upanishad

8. Malavas started Vikram era in 57 AD

9. Pravarsena Vakataka wrote Setubandha and Vatsbhatti wrote the Mandasore inscription

10. Cylindrical granary was found in Kalibangan

11. Auranasthanikas were the officers in cahrge of the wool market during Gupta age

12. Alexander was injured by the Malavas in the battle of Aspasoi

13. In Ramayana Magadha was known as Vasumati

14. Earliest capital of Magadha was Kusugpura.Bimbisar made Rajgir the capital

15. Agnimitra a Shunga king was the hero of Malavikagnimitram

16. Ratnavamsin ceremony was a part of Rajasuya yajna

17. Nagarjuna was a contemporary of Gautamiputra satakarni

18. Ropar was the first fortified town in Ancient India

19. In Kalibangan and Rangpur Mother Goddess was not worshipped

20. Kartipura was the earlier name of Kashmir

21. Panini hailed from Gandhara,Parsvanath from Benaras,Aryabhatta from Ujjain and Asnaga from Peshwar

22. Sites of ash mound-Kupgal,Kodekal,Utnur,Pallavoy.Ash mounds refer to the remnants of the settlements of neolithic cattle keepers

23. Only Harappan site in Afghanistan-Shortugai

24. Smritis in chronological order Manu-Yajnavalkya-Brihaspati-Narada-Katyana-Vayu-Debala

25. Nanaghat inscription recorded by Gautamiputra satakarni's mother is the earliest evidence of land grant in India

26. The Indian deities referred to by Megasthenes as Dionysus and Heracles are Shiva and Krishna

27. Anticlidas sent Helodorous to King Bhagvata

28. Kharvela was the ruler of Cheta dynastri founded by Mahameghavahana

29. Mitakshara commentary on Yajnavalkya sutra was written by Vijnanesvara

30. Buddha delivered maximum number of sermons at Sravasti

31. Gatha Sattasai a collection of love lores by Hala of Satvahana dynasty

32. Upasampada in Buddhism refers to initial conversion

33. Anguttaranikaya talks about 16 mahajanapadas

34. The Kushanas assumed divine kingship and started installing the statues of the kings in temples.This is known as Devakula.In the coins of Kushana the word Boddo is found

35. Bahrut inscription talks about Buddha's meeting with Ajatshatru.In ancient arts Buddha is shown as empty throne

36. Tundiya and Akasiya in ancient age were two tax collecting officials

37. Senguttuvan was the real hero of Silpapadikaram

38. Ulakku or alakkus meant revenue measurement during Chola period

39. Kalanju was a type of gold coin

40. Perundevanar translated Mahabharata in Tamil

41. Mahabalipuram was known as Melange during the sangam age

42. In Periplus "Damrike" referred to Tamil land

43. There was no guild for the carpenters during post mauryan era

44. Coffin burial in Harappa and double burial in Lothal

45. Dani,Mahadevan,Guntur and Fairservice worked on Harappan script

46. Alumbi Vel was revenue accountant during Sangam age

47. Manimekhalai by Sittalai Sattanar deals with Buddhism whereas Jeevakachintamani by Thiruttkkadevar deals with Jainism

48. Bhagvata Purana is the first literary evidence of Vishti

49. Ramgrah inscription belonging to the Gupta age is the first litrary evidence of prostitution

50. The Sarnath image inscription of Kanishka talks about two military generals Vanshpara and Kharapallana.Rabataka iscription also belongs to Kanishka..