Ekshwaku dynasty history bit bank - multiple choice questions Part 2 of 3
51. According
to Bishap Coldwell, where were the Ikshvakus
(Ekshwakus) originally from?
a) Karnataka
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Kerala
Answer: c) Andhra Pradesh
Puranic References to Ikshvakus (Ekshwakus)
52. In Puranas,
what were the Ikshvakus (Ekshwakus) referred to as?
a) Sri Parvatheeyas
b) Andhra Bruthyas
c) Sri Parvatheeyandhras
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
53. According
to Jaggaiah Peta inscription, who was the Ikshvaku
king with his capital at Vijayapuri?
a) Veerapurusha Datta
b) Shantha Moola
c) Ehuvala Shanthamula
d) Rudra Purusha Datta
Answer: b) Shantha Moola
54. What was Vijayapuri
(modern Nagarjuna Konda) called in the 3rd
and 4th centuries A.D.?
a) Amaravati
b) Sriparvatha
c) Dwaraka
d) Vengi
Answer: b) Sriparvatha
Ikshvaku (Ekshwaku) Naming and Political Influence
55. The
Ikshvakus (Ekshwakus) followed the Satavahana tradition of:
a) Using Sanskrit for inscriptions
b) Adding their mother's name to their
names
c) Following Vedic rituals
d) Establishing trade routes with Rome
Answer: b) Adding their mother's
name to their names
56. Which words
used by the Ikshvakus (Ekshwakus) suggest they were feudatories of the
Satavahanas?
a) "Siri" and "Sami"
b) "Shakti" and "Raja"
c) "Deva" and "Pati"
d) "Kala" and "Bhoja"
Answer: a) "Siri" and "Sami"
57. What
position did the Ikshvakus (Ekshwakus) hold under the
Satavahanas?
a) Merchants
b) Feudal lords
c) Mahatalavaras (High officers)
d) Poets and scholars
Answer: c) Mahatalavaras (High officers)
Timeline of Ikshvaku (Ekshwaku) Rule
58. According
to Matsya Purana, how long did the 7
Sriparvatheeya kings rule?
a) 25 years
b) 52 years
c) 75 years
d) 100 years
Answer: b) 52 years
59. According
to Phanigiri inscription, how many years did Rudra
Purusha Datta rule?
a) 10 years
b) 15 years
c) 18 years
d) 22 years
Answer: c) 18 years
60. According
to D.C. Sarkar, how many years did the Ikshvakus
(Ekshwakus) rule?
a) 52 years
b) 60 years
c) 75 years
d) 100 years
Answer: c) 75 years
61. Which Ikshvaku
(Ekshwaku) king ruled first?
a) Ehuvala Shanthamula
b) Shantha Moola
c) Rudra Purusha Datta
d) Veerapurusha Datta
Answer: b) Shantha Moola
62. Who ruled
from 233 A.D. – 253 A.D.?
a) Ehuvala Shanthamula
b) Rudra Purusha Datta
c) Veerapurusha Datta
d) Shantha Moola
Answer: c) Veerapurusha Datta
63. During 277
A.D. – 283 A.D., who interrupted the Ikshvaku (Ekshwaku) rule?
a) Pallavas
b) Abhira Vasusena
c) Western Chalukyas
d) Mauryas
Answer: b) Abhira Vasusena
64. Who was the
last known Ikshvaku (Ekshwaku) king?
a) Veerapurusha Datta
b) Shantha Moola
c) Rudra Purusha Datta
d) Ehuvala Shanthamula
Answer: c) Rudra Purusha Datta
1. Founder of the Independent Ikshvaku (Ekshwaku) Dynasty
65. Who was the
founder of the independent Ikshvaku (Ekshwaku) dynasty?
a) Veerapurusha Datta
b) Rudra Purusha Datta
c) Vasistee Puthra Shantha Moola
d) Ehuvala Shanthamula
Answer: c) Vasistee Puthra Shantha Moola
66. In which
year did Shantha Moola establish the independent
Ikshvaku kingdom?
a) 200 A.D.
b) 220 A.D.
c) 250 A.D.
d) 280 A.D.
Answer: b) 220 A.D.
67. Which
Satavahana king did Vasistee Puthra Shantha Moola dethrone to establish his
kingdom?
a) Gautamiputra Satakarni
b) Pulomavi IV
c) Hala
d) Yajnasri Satakarni
Answer: b) Pulomavi IV
68. Which
regions were part of Shantha Moola’s kingdom?
a) Telangana
b) Coastal Andhra
c) Both a & b
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: c) Both a & b
2. Inscriptions and Achievements of Shantha Moola
69. Where are Shantha
Moola’s inscriptions found?
a) Amaravati and Srisailam
b) Rentala and Keshanapalli
c) Phanigiri and Nelakondapalli
d) Jaggiahpeta and Eleshwaram
Answer: b) Rentala and Keshanapalli
70. Which
inscription was issued by Veerapurusha Datta, son of Shantha Moola?
a) Rentala inscription
b) Phanigiri inscription
c) Nagarjuna Konda inscription
d) Keshanapalli inscription
Answer: c) Nagarjuna Konda inscription
71. In Nagarjuna
Konda inscription, Shantha Moola was praised as:
a) "Satavahana Raja Simha"
b) "Aveka go hala shatha sahastra pada isha"
c) "Dharma Chakravarti"
d) "Maha Senapati"
Answer: b) "Aveka go hala shatha sahastra
pada isha"
72. What does
the title "Aveka go hala shatha sahastra pada
isha" mean?
a) One who conquered 100,000 kingdoms
b) One who donated lakhs of gold coins, thousands of cows, oxen, ploughs, and
land
c) The strongest warrior of Ikshvaku dynasty
d) Protector of the Buddhist Dharma
Answer: b) One who donated lakhs of gold coins,
thousands of cows, oxen, ploughs, and land
3. Rituals and Religion Followed by Shantha Moola
73. What Vedic
sacrifice was performed by Shantha
Moola?
a) Ashwamedha Yagna
b) Agnishtoma
c) Agnihotra
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
74. During the Nagarjuna
Konda excavations, what was discovered related to Shantha
Moola’s religious practices?
a) Buddhist Chaityas
b) Ashwamedha fire altar
c) Satavahana coins
d) Jain temples
Answer: b) Ashwamedha fire altar
75. Which Hindu
deity did Shantha Moola worship?
a) Vishnu
b) Ujjain Maha Skanda Karthikeya (Maha Sena)
c) Shiva
d) Surya
Answer: b) Ujjain Maha Skanda Karthikeya (Maha
Sena)
76. With which dynasties
did Shantha Moola form matrimonial alliances?
a) Satavahana and Chola
b) Poogiya and Dhanika
c) Pallava and Kadamba
d) Gupta and Rashtrakuta
Answer: b) Poogiya and Dhanika
77. Who was Shanthisri
married to?
a) Maha Skandasri of Poogiya dynasty
b) Pulomavi IV of Satavahana dynasty
c) Rudra Purusha Datta of Ikshvaku dynasty
d) Skanda Vishakha Naga of Dhanika dynasty
Answer: a) Maha Skandasri of Poogiya dynasty
78. What was the
title of Shanthisri?
a) Rajamatri
b) Mahathalavarini, Mahaadaanapathni
c) Maha Rani
d) Bhikshuni
Answer: b) Mahathalavarini, Mahaadaanapathni
79. Who was Adavi
Shanthisri married to?
a) Veerapurusha Datta
b) Ehuvala Shanthamula
c) Skanda Vishakha Naga of Dhanika dynasty
d) Rudra Purusha Datta
Answer: c) Skanda Vishakha Naga of Dhanika
dynasty
80. What was
the position held by Skanda Vishakha Naga?
a) Raja Guru
b) Maha Senapathi, Maha Dandanaayaka
c) Mahathalavara
d) Yuva Raja
Answer: b) Maha Senapathi, Maha Dandanaayaka
81. Which religion
did Shantha Moola follow?
a) Buddhism
b) Jainism
c) Vedic religion
d) Ajivika sect
Answer: c) Vedic religion
82. Which family
members of Shantha Moola followed Buddhism?
a) Harmyasri and Shanthisri
b) Veerapurusha Datta and Rudra Purusha Datta
c) Adavi Shanthisri and Maha Skandasri
d) Pulomavi IV and Pulomavi V
Answer: a) Harmyasri and Shanthisri
83. What was
depicted on Shantha Moola’s memorial pillar?
a) Scenes of war and battles
b) Shantha Moola performing Agnishtoma sacrament
c) Buddha delivering his first sermon
d) A Satavahana king's coronation
Answer: b) Shantha Moola performing Agnishtoma
sacrament
84. In the memorial
pillar, how is Shantha Moola depicted?
a) Wearing royal attire and holding a sword
b) Tonsured, wearing a deer skin, with a staff in his hand, and without
footwear
c) Sitting on a throne surrounded by soldiers
d) As a Buddhist monk with a begging bowl
Answer: b) Tonsured, wearing a deer skin, with a
staff in his hand, and without footwear
85. How many Brahmins
were accepting donations in Shantha Moola’s memorial pillar
depiction?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Seven
Answer: c) Five
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on Maataree Puthra Sree Veera Purusha Datta
86. Who was the
son of Shantha Moola?
a) Rudra Purusha Datta
b) Veera Purusha Datta
c) Ehuvala Shanthamula
d) Pulomavi IV
Answer: b) Veera Purusha Datta
87. What was
the reign period of Veera Purusha Datta?
a) 220 A.D. – 233 A.D.
b) 233 A.D. – 253 A.D.
c) 253 A.D. – 277 A.D.
d) 277 A.D. – 301 A.D.
Answer: b) 233 A.D. – 253 A.D.
88. Veera
Purusha Datta was known as:
a) The weakest among the Ikshvakus
b) The greatest among the Ikshvakus
c) The first ruler of the Ikshvaku dynasty
d) The last ruler of the Ikshvaku dynasty
Answer: b) The greatest among the Ikshvakus
89. Which inscription
sites mention Veera Purusha Datta?
a) Amaravati, Jaggiahpeta, Nelakondapalli
b) Nagarjuna Konda, Jaggaiahpeta, Uppugundooru, Alluru
c) Phanigiri, Kondapur, Hampi
d) Sanchi, Bharhut, Kanheri
Answer: b) Nagarjuna Konda, Jaggaiahpeta,
Uppugundooru, Alluru
2. Matrimonial Alliances of Veera Purusha Datta
90. How many wives
did Veera Purusha Datta have?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six
Answer: c) Five
91. Who among
the following was NOT a wife of Veera Purusha Datta?
a) Daughter of Shanthisri
b) Bapisri
c) Shashtisri
d) Adavi Shanthisri
Answer: d) Adavi Shanthisri
92. Who was Rudhra
Bhattarika, the wife of Veera Purusha Datta?
a) A princess from the Chutu dynasty
b) A princess from the Saka Kshatrapa dynasty
c) A princess from the Satavahana dynasty
d) A princess from the Pallava dynasty
Answer: b) A princess from the Saka Kshatrapa
dynasty
93. Kodabalisri,
the only daughter of Veera Purusha Datta, was married to:
a) Ehuvala Shanthamula
b) Vishnu Rudra Shivalananda Satakarni of Chutu dynasty
c) Rudra Purusha Datta
d) Skanda Vishakha Naga
Answer: b) Vishnu Rudra Shivalananda Satakarni
of Chutu dynasty
94. The marriage
inscription of Kodabalisri was issued during the regnal
year of which ruler?
a) Veera Purusha Datta
b) Ehuvala Shanthamula
c) Rudra Purusha Datta
d) Shantha Moola
Answer: b) Ehuvala Shanthamula
3. Religious Shift and Patronage
95. What was
the initial religion followed by Veera Purusha
Datta?
a) Buddhism
b) Jainism
c) Vedic religion
d) Ajivika
Answer: c) Vedic religion
96. Later in
his rule, Veera Purusha Datta converted to which
religion?
a) Jainism
b) Buddhism
c) Shaivism
d) Vaishnavism
Answer: b) Buddhism
97. The reign
of Veera Purusha Datta is considered a golden period
for:
a) Hinduism
b) Jainism
c) Buddhism
d) Shaivism
Answer: c) Buddhism
98. Which important
Buddhist monument was constructed during his rule?
a) Dhaathugarbha Mahaa Chaithya at Nagarjuna Konda
b) Sanchi Stupa
c) Kanheri Caves
d) Amaravati Stupa
Answer: a) Dhaathugarbha Mahaa Chaithya at
Nagarjuna Konda
99. Who
constructed the Dhaathugarbha Mahaa Chaithya
at Nagarjuna Konda?
a) Veera Purusha Datta
b) Harmyasri
c) Shanthisri
d) Rudra Bhattarika
Answer: c) Shanthisri
100.
In which regnal year of Veera
Purusha Datta did Shanthisri construct the Dhaathugarbha
Mahaa Chaithya?
a) 5th year
b) 6th year
c) 10th year
d) 18th year
Answer: b) 6th year
101.
What was the purpose of the
Dhaathugarbha Mahaa Chaithya construction?
a) To increase military strength
b) To spread Vedic knowledge
c) To wish for the well-being of Brahmins, Sramanas, and all subjects
d) To serve as a memorial for Satavahana kings
Answer: c) To wish for the well-being of
Brahmins, Sramanas, and all subjects
102.
In which regnal year of Veera
Purusha Datta did Shanthisri issue another inscription?
a) 12th year
b) 15th year
c) 18th year
d) 20th year
Answer: c) 18th year
103.
What did Shanthisri wish for in her second
inscription?
a) The downfall of the Satavahanas
b) The well-being of her nephew, Veera Purusha Datta
c) The revival of Vedic sacrifices
d) The spread of Jainism
Answer: b) The well-being of her nephew, Veera
Purusha Datta
104.
Who played a crucial role in influencing
Ekshvaku kings and queens towards Buddhism?
a) Harmyasri
b) Shanthisri
c) Rudra Bhattarika
d) Veera Purusha Datta himself
Answer: b) Shanthisri
5. Controversial Sculpture at Nagarjuna Konda
105.
At Nagarjuna Konda, a sculpture depicts a
person stamping on a Shiva Linga. What is this sculpture
related to?
a) Veera Purusha Datta's personal actions
b) A depiction from the Maandhaatha Jataka
c) A war between Ikshvakus and Shaivites
d) A conflict between Vedic and Buddhist traditions
Answer: b) A depiction from the Maandhaatha
Jataka
10106.
Who was also known as Bahubala Shaanthamoola?
a) Shantha Moola I
b) Ehuvala Shanthamoola
c) Rudra Purusha Datta
d) Veera Purusha Datta
Answer: b) Ehuvala Shanthamoola