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This document contains questions from chapters 10-12 of a textbook. It covers topics like stupas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Ajanta caves, temples, Aryabhatta, Bhakti movement, silk routes, empires of Samudragupta, Chandragupta II, Harshavardhan, and Pulakeshin II. It also has fill in the blank questions related to these topics, rulers, places, books, and inventions.

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This document contains questions from chapters 10-12 of a textbook. It covers topics like stupas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Ajanta caves, temples, Aryabhatta, Bhakti movement, silk routes, empires of Samudragupta, Chandragupta II, Harshavardhan, and Pulakeshin II. It also has fill in the blank questions related to these topics, rulers, places, books, and inventions.

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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>?

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