Sources of the Study of Mauryan Empire(1)

Q. Who wrote Arthashastra?

1. Megasthenes
2. Chanakya
3. Pāṇini
4. Chandragupta Maurya

Q. Chanakya : Arthashastra :: Megasthenes : ?

1. Hellenica
2. Persica
3. Theogony
4. Indica

Q. Seleucus appointed ____________ as an ambassador to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra.

1. Megasthenes
2. Diodorus
3. Pliny
4. Arrian

Q.

Indica was written by

1. Megasthenes

2. Seleucus

3. Alexander the Great

4. Rhaegonidus

Q. Which of the following source(s) were used by historians to collect information about Chandragupta Maurya and his rule?

1. From holy books
2. From his autobiography
3. From travellers' accounts
4. From military journals

Q. What do you know about the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation?

Q. Which of the following could be source(s) to know about the Mauryan empire that existed long back in the past ?

1. Accounts of Barnier.
2. Carbon dating of rocks.
3. Indica by Megasthenes.
4. Ashokan pillers and Stupas.

Q.

Who used the term ‘mercantilism’ for the first time?

1. Gracchus Babeuf

2. John Calvin

3. Adam Smith

4. Proudhon

Q. Which of the following books was authored by Chanakya.

1. Si-Yu-Ki
2. Indica
3. Vedas
4. Arthashastra

Q. Who wrote the Arthashastra?

1. Bindusara
2. Chanakaya
3. Megasthenes
4. Ashoka

Q. Who wrote Indica?

1. Ashoka
2. Kautilya
3. Megasthenes
4. Chanakaya

Q. Match the following troops of Mauryan army with its strength.

1. Nine thousand
2. Thirty thousand
3. Eight thousand
4. Six Lakhs

Q. was the ambassador appointed by Seleucus to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra.

1. Thomas Roe
2. Megasthenes
3. Francoes Barnier
4. Fa- Hein