| 3461 |
Which Rigvedic hymn describes the varnas emerging from the body of the primeval man? |
History
Varna, jati and social mobility |
Easy |
| 3462 |
The Shaka ruler Rudradaman was regarded as a mlechchha by Brahmanical texts, yet he repaired the Sudarshana l… |
History
Varna, jati and social mobility |
Medium |
| 3463 |
A silk weavers' guild migrated from Lata to Mandasor and built a temple to the sun god. This example best ill… |
History
Varna, jati and social mobility |
Medium |
| 3464 |
How did jati differ from varna as a basis of social classification? |
History
Varna, jati and social mobility |
Hard |
| 3465 |
Gifts received by a woman at her marriage, which she could retain, were called: |
History
Property and gender |
Easy |
| 3466 |
According to the Manusmriti, the paternal estate was to be divided: |
History
Property and gender |
Easy |
| 3467 |
Who could inherit a woman's stridhana, according to the norms described in the texts? |
History
Property and gender |
Medium |
| 3468 |
The land grant issued by Prabhavati Gupta is significant because it shows that: |
History
Property and gender |
Medium |
| 3469 |
Why does the dice-game episode in which Draupadi is staked interest historians of gender? |
History
Property and gender |
Hard |
| 3470 |
The original story of the Mahabharata was probably composed by charioteer-bards known as: |
History
The Mahabharata as a dynamic text |
Easy |
| 3471 |
The Mahabharata is traditionally attributed to the sage: |
History
The Mahabharata as a dynamic text |
Easy |
| 3472 |
Historians divide the content of the Mahabharata into which two broad categories? |
History
The Mahabharata as a dynamic text |
Medium |
| 3473 |
What important change in the text took place between c. 200 BCE and 200 CE? |
History
The Mahabharata as a dynamic text |
Medium |
| 3474 |
The Mahabharata grew from fewer than 10,000 verses to about 100,000 verses. What best explains this growth? |
History
The Mahabharata as a dynamic text |
Hard |
| 3475 |
Which ruler of Bhopal funded the museum and guest house at Sanchi? |
History
Sanchi and the stupa |
Easy |
| 3476 |
The semi-circular mound of earth forming the main part of a stupa is called the: |
History
Sanchi and the stupa |
Easy |
| 3477 |
The balcony-like structure on top of the stupa, representing the abode of the gods, is the: |
History
Sanchi and the stupa |
Medium |
| 3478 |
An inscription at Sanchi records that a guild of ivory workers paid for part of a gateway. What does this tel… |
History
Sanchi and the stupa |
Medium |
| 3479 |
Why did the Sanchi stupa survive while the Amaravati stupa did not? |
History
Sanchi and the stupa |
Hard |
| 3480 |
Which part of the Tipitaka contains rules for monks and nuns of the sangha? |
History
The Buddha and Buddhism |
Easy |