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  • Gautamiputra Satakarni was a ........... ruler.

–Mauryan

  • Who was the founder of Vakataka dynasty in the third century?

–Vindhyashakti

  • During which reign the act of inscribing in the famous Ajanta caves was first started?

–The Satvahasnas

  • Which dynasty’s ruler initiated the custom of giving the tax-free villages to the Brahmins and the Buddhist monks?

–The Satvahans

  • Of which metal the Satvahans made their coin?

–Lead

  • According to the Puranas, the original place of the rulers of the Chandra dynasty was

–Pratisthanpur

  • After the Mauryas, the most influential kingdom in south India was

–The Satvahan

  • Simuka was the founder of

–The Satvahana Dynasty

  • In which Purana is the longest list of the Satvahan kings of Andhra found?

–In Matsaya Purana

  • Satavahan’s capital was situated

–In Amravati, in addition to this in Always Pratishthan (Penthan)

  • The Kushans did the trade through the Persian Gulf and the Red sea.

  • In the third century Warangal was famous for

–Iron instruments/apparatus

  • The oldest Vihar in India

–Bhaja (200 Bc)

  • The city situated between Kalyan (Maharashtra) and Vaengi (Andhra Pradesh)

–Tagar

  • The first ruler assuming the title of Shatkarni was

–‘Shree’ Shatkarni

  • The writer of Gatha Saptshati

–Hala, the seventeenth ruler of the Satvahana dynasty

  • Nasik Prashasti is related to

–Shatkarni, the son of Gautami

  • The last ruler of the Satvahana dynasty was

–Yagya Shree Shatkarni

  • The most famous harbour of the Satvahan period

–Bharauch

Ancient Indian History

12. THE SATVAHANAS

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