Buddha delivered his first sermon in _______

(a)

Sanchi

(b)

Benaras

(c)

Saranath

(d)

Lumbini

_________ is the Buddhist text that makes a reference to Ajatashatru’s meeting of Buddha.

(a)

Jivakasinthamani

(b)

Acharrangasutra

(c)

Kalpasutra

(d)

Samannapha Sutta

Bhagavatisutra is a_________text.

(a)

Buddhist

(b)

Jaina

(c)

Ajivika

(d)

Vedic

______________played an important role in improving the method of cultivation.

(a)

Iron

(b)

Bronze

(c)

Copper

(d)

Brass

Among the 16 mahajanapadas, ______ emerged as the most powerful in northern India.

(a)

Kosala

(b)

Avanti

(c)

Magadha

(d)

Kuru

____________ was also the sovereign ruler.

(a)

The king

(b)

the presit

(c)

the minister

(d)

none of the above

The ___________ of the Gangetic valley and the useof iron ploughshares improved agricultural productivity.

(a)

Part of the soil

(b)

fertile soil

(c)

minerals of the siol

(d)

none of the above

____________ also played a big role in improving craft production such as pottery, carpentry and metal working.

(a)

Iron

(b)

aluminium

(c)

silver

(d)

gold

The richer landowners were called _____________

(a)

grihapatis

(b)

dasas

(c)

kassakas

(d)

varna

These landowners employed labourers called ___________

(a)

grihapatis

(b)

dasas

(c)

kassakas

(d)

varna

Write the tripitakas that serve as the source for our study.

What do you know about Carvaka Philosophy?

Write the importance of Nagapattinam in the Buddhist history of Tamilnadu.

What is meant by sprit of skepticism?

What do you know about Jana and janapadas?

Write about shudras?

Write a note on the use of iron in clearing the forest critically.

Analyse the factors responsible for the rise of towns and cities in the Ganges Plains.

Identify the heterodox thinkers of fifth and sixth century BCE.

Point out the influence of Jainism in Tamilnadu.

How does the kingdom ruled?

What are the social divisions followed?

Discuss the causes of intellectual awakening in the sixth century BCE.

Account for the decline of Buddhism in India.