UGC NET History Practice Question

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Which Kushana king issued gold coins featuring the image of the Buddha along with the Greek legend BODDO?

Kujula Kadphises

Vima Kadphises

Kanishka I ✓

Huvishka

Kanishka I issued gold coins depicting the Buddha with the Greek-script legend "BODDO" — important numismatic evidence of his patronage of Buddhism and of the diverse religious iconography (Greek, Iranian, Indian) on Kushana coinage.

What was the name of the ruler of Kanauj who was defeated and ousted by Harshavardhana's forces after the murder of Rajyavardhana?

Shashanka of Gauda ✓

Devagupta of Malwa

Grahavarman Maukhari

Bhaskaravarman

Shashanka of Gauda was implicated in the murder of Harsha's brother Rajyavardhana; Harsha, allied with Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa, moved against Shashanka, an event central to Harsha's rise as recorded in Banabhatta's Harshacharita.

The Nanda Dynasty was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya with the strategic assistance of Chanakya during the reign of which Nanda king?

Mahapadma Nanda

Dhana Nanda ✓

Kaivarta Nanda

Panduka Nanda

Dhana Nanda, the last and (per tradition) most unpopular Nanda ruler, was overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya with Chanakya's strategic guidance around 321 BCE, founding the Mauryan Empire.

Which Sunga ruler is the protagonist of Kalidasa's famous Sanskrit drama Malavikagnimitram?

Pushyamitra Sunga

Agnimitra ✓

Vasumitra

Devabhuti

Kalidasa's play Malavikagnimitram centers on Agnimitra, son of dynasty-founder Pushyamitra Sunga, and his romance with Malavika — the play is also a valuable, if literary, source for Sunga-era court life.

The Kushana dynasty originated from which Central Asian nomadic group?

Yuezhi ✓

Scythians

Parthians

Hephtalites

The Kushanas emerged as the dominant branch of the Yuezhi confederation, a Central Asian nomadic people who migrated south and eventually built an empire spanning Central Asia and northern India under rulers like Kanishka.

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