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The Age of Reorganisation

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Write full answers in Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
The Shunga dynasty was founded by:
  1. Kanishka
  2. Gautamiputra Satakarni
  3. Kharavela
  4. Pushyamitra Shunga
2.
Gautamiputra Satakarni was a ruler of which dynasty?
  1. Satavahana
  2. Maurya
  3. Nanda
  4. Kushana
3.
Where did the Satavahanas rule?
  1. the Kerala coast
  2. the northwest and the north
  3. the Ganga plains
  4. the Deccan
4.
Which of these did the Satavahanas send to Rome?
  1. Roman gold coins
  2. glass
  3. pearls
  4. iron ships
5.
The Shaka Samvat is about 78 years behind the Gregorian calendar (from April to December). Which Shaka year is it in October 1992?
  1. 1914
  2. 1905
  3. 2070
  4. 1935
6.
In May, the Shaka year is 1945. Which Gregorian year is it? (Shaka = Gregorian − 78)
  1. 2002
  2. 1867
  3. 2032
  4. 2023
7.
A Satavahana merchant sends 31 sacks of pepper to a Roman trader for 50 gold coins a sack. How many coins does the merchant earn?
  1. 1,550 coins
  2. 1,395 coins
  3. 81 coins
  4. 1,600 coins
8.
Sculpture with red sandstone belongs to which school of art?
  1. Mathura
  2. Harappan
  3. Amaravati
  4. Gandhara
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Why is the period after the Mauryas called an age of reorganisation?
10.
Name each ruler’s dynasty: (a) Pushyamitra (b) Karikala
11.
Where did each rule? (a) the Pandyas (b) the Kushanas
12.
What is the Shaka year in September 2023? And in which Gregorian year will the Shaka year be 1955? (Shaka = Gregorian − 78)
13.
Sort these into what India sent to Rome and what came back: perfumed ointments, Roman gold coins, textiles, spices.
14.
Explain each: (a) the Kallanai (b) Sangam literature
15.
Suppose a dam lets 630 fields be watered, and each field gives 20 kg more rice than before. How much more rice is grown in all?
16.
Gandhara or Mathura? (a) red sandstone (b) grey-black schist stone
Section C — Longer answers4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Describe the main kingdoms that rose after the Mauryas.
18.
Match each with its region: (a) the Kushanas (b) the Shungas (c) the Pandyas. Choose from: the Madurai region; the Ganga plains; the northwest and the north.
19.
(a) What is the Shaka year in December 2032? (b) In which year did India adopt the Shaka Samvat as its National Calendar? (c) How many years ago was that from 2032?
20.
Write about two rulers of this age: Pushyamitra and Karikala. Name each one’s dynasty and say one thing it is known for.
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1(d) Pushyamitra Shunga—
2(a) Satavahana—
3(d) the Deccan—
4(c) pearls—
5(a) 19141992 − 78 = 1914
6(d) 20231945 + 78 = 2023
7(a) 1,550 coins31 × 50
8(a) Mathura—
9The large empire broke up, and different regions were reorganised into new, competing kingdoms.—
10(a) Shunga (b) Chola—
11(a) the Madurai region (b) the northwest and the north—
121945; 20332023 − 78; 1955 + 78
13Sent: textiles, spices; came back: perfumed ointments, Roman gold coins—
14(a) a dam on the Kaveri linked with Karikala (b) early Tamil poetry from poets’ assemblies—
1512,600 kg630 × 20
16(a) Mathura (b) Gandhara—
17The Shungas in the north, the Satavahanas in the Deccan, the Chedis under Kharavela in Kalinga, the Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas in the far south, and the Indo-Greeks, Shakas and Kushanas who came from the northwest.—
18(a) the northwest and the north (b) the Ganga plains (c) the Madurai region—
19(a) 1954 (b) 1957 (c) 75 years2032 − 78; 2032 − 1957
20Pushyamitra: Shunga dynasty, known for founding the Shunga dynasty after the Mauryas. Karikala: Chola dynasty, known for the Kallanai (Grand Anicut) on the Kaveri.—