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The Kushanas were among the earliest rulers of the subcontinent to issue:Read the answer and worked solution →The most famous Kushana ruler, who organised a Buddhist council about 1900 years ago, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Ashvaghosha, poet at Kanishka's court, wrote the Buddha's biography called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which new form of Buddhism, with Buddha statues and Bodhisattvas, developed around Kanishka's time?Read the answer and worked solution →Early Buddha statues were made in Mathura and:Read the answer and worked solution →The older form of Buddhism popular in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Chinese pilgrim who came to the subcontinent about 1600 years ago was:Read the answer and worked solution →Xuan Zang came to India around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Xuan Zang carried back over 600 manuscripts loaded on how many horses?Read the answer and worked solution →The idea of Bhakti is present in which sacred book included in the Mahabharata?Read the answer and worked solution →The Christians of Kerala, among the world's oldest Christian communities, are known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the southern powersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Kushana wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the years agoRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the trade-era wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Mahayana or TheravadaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the kingdomsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Traders and pilgrims bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Nayanars of the Tamil bhakti movement were saints devoted to:Read the answer and worked solution →How many Nayanars were there?Read the answer and worked solution →The songs of the Nayanars were compiled in the Tevaram and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Andal, one of the Alvars, was the daughter of:Read the answer and worked solution →Shankara, born in Kerala in the eighth century, advocated the doctrine of:Read the answer and worked solution →Ramanuja, born in Tamil Nadu in the eleventh century, propounded:Read the answer and worked solution →The Virashaiva movement in mid-twelfth-century Karnataka was initiated by:Read the answer and worked solution →Devotion to Vitthala at Pandharpur gave rise to which sect?Read the answer and worked solution →Chokhamela, the Maharashtra saint-poet, belonged to which caste considered untouchable?Read the answer and worked solution →Sufis trained the heart through zikr, which means:Read the answer and worked solution →A spiritual genealogy of Sufi teachers is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Kushanas were among the earliest rulers of the subcontinent to issue:

  1. Silver coins
  2. Gold coins
  3. Copper coins
  4. Lead coins
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Correct answer: B. Gold coins

1. Traders used them along the Silk Route. 2. They issued gold coins. 3. Kings taxed and protected traders. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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The most famous Kushana ruler, who organised a Buddhist council about 1900 years ago, was:

  1. Ashoka
  2. Harsha
  3. Kanishka
  4. Satakarni
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Correct answer: C. Kanishka

1. Scholars met to discuss important matters. 2. Kanishka held the council. 3. Ashvaghosha lived at his court. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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Ashvaghosha, poet at Kanishka's court, wrote the Buddha's biography called:

  1. Jataka tales
  2. Dhammapada
  3. Milindapanho
  4. Buddhacharita
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Correct answer: D. Buddhacharita

1. Buddhist scholars now began writing in Sanskrit. 2. The work is the Buddhacharita. 3. Mahayana Buddhism developed in this period. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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