[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2022: INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 23 May 2022 – History – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: b)

Satavahanas rule started after 232 BC and lasted up to 227 AD. The Satavahana kings mostly used lead as a material for their coins. Silver coins were rare. Next to lead, they used an alloy of silver and copper called ‘potin’. Many copper coins are also available.

Although the Satavahana coins are devoid of any beauty or artistic merit, they constitute a valuable source-material for the dynastic history of the Satavahanas.

Solution: c)

King Ashoka made great efforts to propagate Buddhism outside India. He sent his son Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka to spread the message of the Buddha.

Buddhism went to Korea through China. Sundo was the first Buddhist Monk who entered Korea, carrying a Buddha image and sutras in AD 352. He was followed by Acharya Mallananda, who reached there in AD 384. Out of devotion to wisdom, Buddhist texts were printed by the Koreans in six thousand volumes.

Solution: d)

The founder of the Imperial Chola line was Vijayalaya. He captured Tanjore from Muttaraiyars in 815 A.D. and built a temple for Durga. His son Aditya put an end to the Pallava kingdom by defeating Aparajita and annexed Tondaimandalam. Parantaka I was one of the important early Chola rulers. He defeated the Pandyas and the ruler of Ceylon. But he suffered a defeat at the hands of the Rashtrakutas in the famous battle of Takkolam. Parantaka I was a great builder of temples. He also provided the vimana of the famous Nataraja temple at Chidambaram with a golden roof. The two famous Uttiramerur inscriptions that give a detailed account of the village administration under the Cholas belong to his reign.

Solution: b)

The Harshacharita, is the biography of Indian emperor Harsha by Banabhatta, also known as Bana, who was a Sanskrit writer of seventh-century CE India.

Rajatarangini is a metrical legendary and historical chronicle of the north-western Indian subcontinent, particularly the kings of Kashmir. It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE. The work consists of 7826 verses, which are divided into eight books called Tarangas.

Mushikavamsha is a Sanskrit-language epic poem (mahakavya) composed by Atula, who is believed to have lived in the 11th century. It narrates the legendary history of the Mushika dynasty of Kerala.

Solution: c)

Bibi Ka Maqbara:

• Bibi Ka Maqbara It is a tomb located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
• It was commissioned in 1660 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in the memory of his first and chief wife Dilras Banu Begum.
• It is considered to be a symbol of Aurangzeb’s ‘conjugal fidelity’.
• The structure, known as the ‘Taj of the Deccan’ because of its striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal.