Chapter-12 Buildings, Paintings and Books

Q-1 What is a Stupa? What are its features?

Q-2 Write short notes on:

Ramayana, Mahabharta and Ajanta caves.

Q-3 Explain the various features of a temple?

Q-4 Which stories are shown in the Ajanta paintings ?

Q-5 Who was Aryabhatta?

Q-6 Who composed the Tamil epic Manimekalai?

Q-7 What are Epics?

Q-8 What is meant by Puranas?

Q-9 Name the collection of stories composed by the ordinary people.

Q-10 Who adopted the Indian system of counting?

Q-11 Who invented paper?

Q-12 Fill in the blanks:

1. __________at Mehrauli is a remarkable example of the skills of Indian crafts.
2. At Amravati, a Magnificient __________was built
3. At __________some of the finest stone temples were built in south India.
4. ___________ caves were famous for their painting.
5. The tamil epic __________ was composed by a poet named Ilango.
6. ___________ Is regarded as the author of Sanskrit Ramayana.
7. ________ Wrote meghadutta.
8. The stories about gods and goddesses are found in .
9. ________wrote Aryabhatiyam in Sanskrit.
10. ____________ And_____________ were not allowed to study Vedas.
 Chapter- 11 New empires and kingdoms Q-1 Who was

Samudragupta?

Q-2 List the conquests of Samudragupta ?

Q-3 Who was Chandragupta –II?

Q-4 Who was Harshvardhana? Write a few lines about him?

Q-5 Who was Pulakeshin-II?

Q-6 What did Fa-xian write bout Indian society?

Q-7 Who wrote Kalidasa?

Q-8 Who wrote the biography of Harshavardhan?

Q-9 Define the terms:

Samanta, mahadand-vinayak, ur, nagram, kumar-amatya, sandhi vigrahika, nagar- shreshthi,

sarthavaha, prathima kulika and prashashti.

Q-10 Fill in the blanks:

I. ____________ composed the prashasti of samudragupta.

II. ________ was the first ruler of the gupta dynasty.
III. ___________ was the old name of Allahabad and ___________ was the old name of
patna.
IV. Kumaradevi was the mother of _____
V. _______ was the important soures of income for rulers.

VI. _______ was a famous astronomer in the court of chandragupta-II.

VII. Ravikirti was the court poet of______ .
VIII. Harshavardhan was defeated by__________ , the chalukya ruler __________.
IX. __________ was the assembly of Brahmin landowners.
X. A new religion Islam was introduced by ______ in Arabia. XI. __________was the capital of
the Chalukyas.
XI.
XII. Chapter-10 Traders, Kings and Pilgrims
XIII. [Silk routes and Bhakti tradition] Q-1 How silk

is made ? Who invented it and When?

XIV. Q-2 What was <Silk route>?

XV. Q-3 Why silk was so expensive
XVI. Q-4 Why kings wanted to control silk routes?
XVII. Q-5 Name the ruler who controlled silk route? What were two
major centres of powers?
XVIII. Bhakti Tradition
XIX. Q-1What were the main features of Bhakti?
XX. Q-2 Why ordinary people were attracted to Bhakti ?
XXI. Q-3 Define the word < Bhakti>?