India, the seventh largest country in the world, has a rich history that has given rise to one of the oldest and most influential civilizations, world leaders, scientists, great innovations and ideologies.
But how well do you know the nation’s history?
Learn with this Greek quiz about the history of India.
1. What was the staple food of the Vedic Aryans?
- barley and rice
- Milk and dairy products
- Rice and legumes
- Vegetables and fruits
2. Who first used the word “Hindu” to refer to the people of India?
- the Greeks
- the Romans
- the Chinese
- The Arabs
3. Which Indian king was known to the ancient Greeks as Sandrocottas?
- ashoka
- Chanakya
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Alexander the great
4. Who among them founded the Haryanka dynasty?
- Ajatshatru
- Harshvardhan
- Bimbisar
- ghanaianand
5. What was the duration of Samudra Gupta’s reign?
- 335 – 380 AD
- 330 – 380 AD
- 325 – 380 AD
- 315 – 380 AD
6. Who was the emperor of India when Seleucus Nicator attacked India in 305 BC?
- ashoka
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Abdur Razzaq
- None of those
7. Which Indian state was known as “Magadha” in ancient times?
- Madhya Pradesh
- Bihar
- karnataka
- Uttar Pradesh
1. Milk and dairy products
Cattle were the main source of livelihood of the early Vedic Aryans as they were pastoralists. This indicated that the basic diet of the Aryans consisted of milk and its byproducts. This is also the reason why cattle were sacrificed to the gods as sacrifices in the Vedic religion and were considered as sacred and auspicious animals.
2. The Greeks
The Greeks called the region and its inhabitants, who lived beyond the Indus River, Hindus or Indus.
3. Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya is known as Sandrocottus in ancient Greek texts. The Maurya dynasty in Patliputra was started by Chandragupta Maurya, who ruled from 322 to about 298 BC. He destroyed the Nanda dynasty with the help of Chanakya. Bihar, Bengal, the Deccan, parts of what is now Tamil Nadu, sections of northeastern India, eastern Afghanistan, Balochistan and the region west of the Indus River were all included in his enormous empire.
4. Bimbisara
Bimbisara is considered the main founder of the dynasty. They descend from the Mahabharat Era.
At the age of fifteen, according to the Buddhist tradition known as Mahavamsa, Bimbisara was crowned king by his father, Bhattiya. The Shishunaga dynasty succeeded this one in power.
5. 330 to 380 BC
The regional monarch of India around 330 to 380 AD was Samudra Gupta (who died 380 AD). He is generally considered the ideal example of a ruler from the “golden age of Hindu history.”
6. Chandragupta Maurya
The previous satraps in Gandhara and eastern India were under the claim of Seleucus. However, the Seleucid-Maurian War was a result of Chandragupta Maurya’s opposition to these objectives (305-303 BC). The eastern satraps were eventually annexed by the Mauryan Empire as a result of a treaty that ended the battle.
7.Bihar
Magadha, an ancient kingdom in northeastern India, was once located in what is now the state of Bihar. Between the 6th and 8th centuries after the Common Era, it served as the base for numerous larger kingdoms or empires.
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