UPSC CSE 2024 Ancient History Previous Year Questions

With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets?

1. Nayaputta

2. Shakyamuni

3. Tathagata

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following information:

Archaeological Site: Chandraketugarh | State: Odisha | Description: Trading Port town

Archaeological Site: Inamgaon | State: Maharashtra | Description: Chalcolithic site

Archaeological Site: Mangadu | State: Kerala | Description: Megalithic site

Archaeological Site: Salihundam | State: Andhra Pradesh | Description: Rock-cut cave shrines

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which of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

1. There are no parables in Upanishads.

2. Upanishads were composed earlier than the Puranas.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhasa?

Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on: