History English Quiz 9 Post – Maurya / Pre – Gupta Period ( 185 BC – 319 AD ) Welcome to your History English Quiz 9 Post - Maurya / Pre - Gupta Period ( 185 BC - 319 AD ) 1. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of Religion Art Architecture Literature 2. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka ? Ashvaghosha , Kalidasa , Banabhatta Kamban , Banabhatta , Ashvaghosha Nagarjuna , Ashvaghosha , Vasumitra Kalidasa , Kamban , Vasumitra 3. St. Thomas is said to have come to India to propagate christianity during the reign of Shenguttavan ( Chera ) Karikal ( Chola ) Gondapharnese ( Parthian ) Nendujelian ( Pandya ) 4. In the kingdom of Satavahanas of ancient India , a district was called vihara rashtra kataka ahara 5. What was the capital of Kanishka ? Taxila Mathura Pataliputra Purushapura 6. Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India ? Samudragupta Vikramaditya Ashoka Kanishka 7. Who in ancient India assumed the title amitraghata ? Bindusar Ashoka Chandragupta Maurya Ajatshatru 8. Yavanika ( Curtain ) was introduced in Indian theatre by which of the following ? Sakas Parthians Kushans Greeks 9. Charak was the famous court physician of Ashoka Kanishka Chandragupta Maurya Harsha 10. Who started the Saka Era and when ? Vikramaditya in 58 BC Kadphises in 58 BC Kanishka in 78 AD Rudradaman I in 78 AD 11. Chandragupta Maurya defeated Porus Ambhi Alexander Seleucus 12. With whose reign is the Gandhara school of Art associated ? Kanishka Chandragupta Vikramaditya Ashoka Harsha 13. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India ? Guptas Kushans Indo - Greeks Mauryas 14. In which of the following inscriptions the name of Ashoka has been mentioned ? Rock Edict XIII Bhabru Edict Rummendei Pillar Inscription Minor Rock Edict of Maski 15. At which of the following places was the headless statue of Kanishka found ? Mathura Allahabad Sanchi Takshsila