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Vardhamana Mahavira was the last and which tirthankara of the Jainas?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira was a kshatriya prince of which group within the Vajji sangha?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira left home to live in a forest at the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira's rule of not hurting or killing living beings is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Jainism was supported mainly by:Read the answer and worked solution →The teachings of Mahavira were written down about 1500 years ago at:Read the answer and worked solution →The rules of the Buddhist sangha were written down in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Buddhist monks who begged for food were known in Prakrit as:Read the answer and worked solution →Permanent monasteries built for monks and nuns were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The four ashramas were brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha and:Read the answer and worked solution →The teachings of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster are contained in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Buddhist sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the six schoolsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the thinkers and placesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the new ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Buddhist or JainaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the teachersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →New ideas bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Pepper from south India was so valued in the Roman Empire that it was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Evidence of Indo-Roman trade includes many Roman what found in south India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tamil word muvendar in Sangam poems means:Read the answer and worked solution →The Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas became powerful in south India around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Puhar or Kaveripattinam was the port of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Madurai was the capital of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The most important Satavahana ruler, known from his mother's inscription, was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Satavahana rulers were known as lords of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Techniques of making silk were first invented in China around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The best-known rulers who controlled the Silk Route around 2000 years ago were the:Read the answer and worked solution →The two major centres of Kushana power were Mathura and:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Vardhamana Mahavira was the last and which tirthankara of the Jainas?

  1. 1st
  2. 24th
  3. 23rd
  4. 12th
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Correct answer: B. 24th

1. He preached about 2500 years ago. 2. He was the 24th tirthankara. 3. He was a Lichchhavi prince. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 6, New Questions and Ideas._

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Mahavira was a kshatriya prince of which group within the Vajji sangha?

  1. Malla clan
  2. Koliya clan
  3. Lichchhavis
  4. Sakya clan
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Correct answer: C. Lichchhavis

1. The Buddha was a Sakya. 2. Mahavira was a Lichchhavi. 3. Both belonged to ganas. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 6, New Questions and Ideas._

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Mahavira left home to live in a forest at the age of:

  1. Twenty
  2. Forty
  3. Sixteen
  4. Thirty
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Correct answer: D. Thirty

1. He led a hard, lonely life for twelve years. 2. He left at thirty. 3. Then he attained enlightenment. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 6, New Questions and Ideas._

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