________________ played an important role in the development of archaeology in India.

(a)

Sir John Marshal

(b)

Thomas

(c)

Darwin

(d)

alexander

The is ________ the earliest text.

(a)

Puranas

(b)

Vedas

(c)

Rig vedhas

(d)

Rig-vedha samhita

The richer landowners were called _____________

(a)

grihapatis

(b)

dasas

(c)

kassakas

(d)

varna

Ashokan edicts might have been inspired by the edicts of the _____________ king Darius.

(a)

Achaemenid

(b)

samaharta

(c)

sthanika

(d)

gopas

____________ was their main port, located near the confluence of Thampraparani with the Bay of Bengal.

(a)

Korkai

(b)

Puratthinai

(c)

Maduraikanchi

(d)

trade

_____________ is known to us primarily because his emissary, Heliodorus.

(a)

Antialcidas

(b)

Bactria

(c)

Maues or Moa/Moga

(d)

Rudradaman

___________ were used both for religious and secular purposes.

(a)

Ashtadhyayi

(b)

Mahabhashya

(c)

Sanskrit

(d)

Clay figurines

The fertile ________ Iying between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers

(a)

Varaha

(b)

Rayavachakamu

(c)

Raichur doab

(d)

Zafar Khan

The hymns of the Vaishnava saint ___________are compiled as Nalayira Divya Prabandham.

(a)

Vedic religion

(b)

Harappa

(c)

bhakti

(d)

Azhwar

_____________preached the worship of God in the name of Krishna.

(a)

Mirabai

(b)

Ravidas

(c)

Tazkirah-i-Auliya-i- Hind

(d)

Guru Govind Singh