Test: Ancient Indian History- 1 - Class 5 MCQ

Upanishads. The Upanishads are a collection of the written text of religious teachings and philosophy.

Agriculture. Indus valley civilization was an agricultural-based civilization. Agriculture was the major income.

Pashupati seal. The Archaeologist found the Pashupati seal and thousands of similar seals were found in the Harappan cities. The Pashupati seal was found in Mohenjo-Daro. The seal is a figure seated cross-legged in the center with animals around.

Modern Indian history. Modern Indian history marks the Independence of India. 1857, marks the first war of Indian Independence.

The History of India is divided into 3 parts. Ancient India History, Mediaeval Indian history, and modern Indian history.

Indus valley civilization. The world’s largest civilization is the Indus valley civilization which was spread over 1260,000 sq. Km. The 8000 old civilization was also known as the Harrapan civilization.

From 240 AD to 280 AD, Sri Gupta founded the Gupta dynasty. He was the Maharaja of the Gupta dynasty. The successors of the Gupta dynasty were, Chandragupta, Samudragupta, and Vishnugupta.

The largest empire of India was the Maurya empire. It was spread up to 50,00,000 Kilometres up to 250 BC.

The reign of Chandragupta-I started in 319 A.D. till 335/336 CE.

The remaining Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa show that they were completed and planned as a city with a lot of modern techniques. They had roads that were laid out along a grid pattern intersecting each other at right angles.