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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 →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 use of iron began in the subcontinent around how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Evidence of Indo-Roman trade includes many Roman what found in south India?

  1. Wine jars
  2. Gold coins
  3. Silver seals
  4. Marble busts
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Correct answer: B. Gold coins

1. South India sold gold, spices and precious stones. 2. Roman gold coins have been found there. 3. Ships and caravans carried the trade. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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The Tamil word muvendar in Sangam poems means:

  1. Three chiefs
  2. Great king
  3. Sea traders
  4. Temple priests
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Correct answer: A. Three chiefs

1. It named the heads of three ruling families. 2. Muvendar means three chiefs. 3. They were the Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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The Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas became powerful in south India around how many years ago?

  1. 2500
  2. 2300
  3. 2000
  4. 1500
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Correct answer: B. 2300

1. Each chief had a centre inland and one on the coast. 2. They rose around 2300 years ago. 3. They collected gifts, not regular taxes. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 9, Traders, Kings and Pilgrims._

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