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The Manusmriti, the most important Dharmashastra, was compiled between which dates?Read the answer and worked solution →How many forms of marriage did the Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras recognise?Read the answer and worked solution →Each gotra was named after whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Satavahana rulers were named Gotami-puta or Vasithi-puta. What does puta mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rigveda hymn describes the four varnas emanating from the body of Purusha?Read the answer and worked solution →Ekalavya, who cut off his thumb for Drona, belonged to which forest-dwelling community?Read the answer and worked solution →The Shungas and Kanvas, who succeeded the Mauryas, belonged to which varna?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Shaka ruler rebuilt the Sudarshana lake, recorded in an early Sanskrit inscription?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Satavahana king claimed to be a unique Brahmana and destroyer of Kshatriya pride?Read the answer and worked solution →A fifth-century inscription at Mandasor records the history of a guild of which craftsmen?Read the answer and worked solution →The play Mrichchhakatika, whose hero was both Brahmana and merchant, was written by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chinese monk wrote that untouchables had to sound a clapper in the streets?Read the answer and worked solution →Gifts a woman received at marriage, kept as her own wealth, were called:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Sutta Pitaka myth, people chose a leader paid with rice to punish wrongdoers. He was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the kinship termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the marriage termsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the textsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the varnasRead the answer and worked solution →Brahmanical or BuddhistRead the answer and worked solution →Who was itRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Early society bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Rigveda, compiled between c. 1500 and 1000 BCE, praises which deities especially?Read the answer and worked solution →Elaborate sacrifices like the rajasuya and ashvamedha were performed by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Buddhist texts mention how many sects or schools of thought in the age of debate?Read the answer and worked solution →A hut with a pointed roof where philosophers debated was called a:Read the answer and worked solution →After the Buddha's death his teachings were compiled at a council of elders at which place?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Pitaka contains rules and regulations for those who joined the sangha?Read the answer and worked solution →The Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa are chronicles of Buddhism in which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Makkhali Gosala, who held that everything is predetermined, belonged to which tradition?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Manusmriti, the most important Dharmashastra, was compiled between which dates?

  1. 400 and 600 CE
  2. 600 and 400 BCE
  3. 200 BCE and 200 CE
  4. 1000 and 800 BCE
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Correct answer: C. 200 BCE and 200 CE

1. Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras appeared from c. 500 BCE. 2. The Manusmriti dates to c. 200 BCE to 200 CE. 3. It codified Brahmanical norms. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 3, Kinship, Caste and Class: Early Societies._

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How many forms of marriage did the Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras recognise?

  1. Four
  2. Three
  3. Twelve
  4. Eight
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Correct answer: D. Eight

1. The texts list eight forms. 2. The first four were called good. 3. The rest were condemned. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 3, Kinship, Caste and Class: Early Societies._

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Each gotra was named after whom?

  1. A Vedic seer
  2. A ruling king
  3. A sacred river
  4. A Vedic deity
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Correct answer: A. A Vedic seer

1. Gotras classified Brahmanas from c. 1000 BCE. 2. Each was named after a Vedic seer. 3. Same-gotra members could not marry. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 3, Kinship, Caste and Class: Early Societies._

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