Question 1

Which Mauryan ruler sent his son Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka to propagate Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Ashoka — Ashoka sent his son Mahinda (Mahendra) and daughter Sanghamitta (Sanghamitra) to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism — an event central to Sri Lankan chronicles (Mahavamsa, Dipavamsa) and to Ashoka's broader Dhamma-propagation policy after the Kalinga War.

Question 2

The term Pratishthana (modern Paithan in Maharashtra) served as the capital city of which dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Satavahana Dynasty — Pratishthana (modern Paithan) served as a — and by some accounts the principal — capital of the Satavahana dynasty, a major center of Deccan political and commercial life during their rule.

Question 3

Who was the Gupta ruler defeated by the Huna invader Toramana, leading to significant disruption in Northern India?

Accepted Answer

Narasimhagupta Baladitya — Toramana's Huna invasion inflicted major defeats on the later Gupta rulers, with Narasimhagupta Baladitya generally identified as the king defeated, contributing to the empire's political fragmentation — though Skandagupta had earlier successfully repelled an initial Huna attack.

Question 4

The Fourth Buddhist Council, during which Buddhism split into Hinayana and Mahayana sects, was held at:

Accepted Answer

Kundalavana (Kashmir) — The Fourth Buddhist Council, patronized by Kanishka, was held at Kundalavana in Kashmir, where the Sarvastivada school's texts were compiled and the Mahayana-Hinayana doctrinal split is traditionally associated with this period.

Question 5

Harshavardhana shifted his official political capital from Thanesar to which city?

Accepted Answer

Kanauj — Harsha moved his capital from the ancestral base at Thanesar (Sthanvishvara) to Kanauj, which became the center of his empire and a strategically important city fought over by later dynasties for centuries afterward.

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