• 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