Ancient and Medieval Indian Coins

#DharmaQuiz Session 369: 18-Nov-2016

#DharmaQuiz 2236: This was a gold coin from 14th century south India. King in the pose of Hanuman. Which empire? Ans: Vijayanagara Empire, Bukka Raya I, Gold pagoda, 1344-1377.

DQ 2236. Pic from coinindia.com

Fastest three answers: @viveksurat, Telugutalli and @Aks9009Pa



#DharmaQuiz 2237: This is a golden coin from 800+ years ago in North India. A foreign invader continued the Goddess Lakshmi coins. Who? Ans: The coin is an issue of Muhammad bin Sam, more generally known as Muhammad of Ghor.

DQ 2237. Pic from coinindia.com

Fastest three answers: @viveksurat,  ‏@simuntweets and @VedantIndia


#DharmaQuiz 2238: These are 1500 year old coins from a mighty empire that ruled most of Indian subcontinent then. Which dynasty?
Ans: Gupta dynasty.

DQ 2238. Pic from coin-competition.eu

Fastest three answers: @Telugutalli @viveksurat and @vermaaakash10


#DharmaQuiz 2239: Silver coin having "Jagadamba Prasanna" was minted to commemorate coronation of a great Indian King of 17th century. Who?
Ans: Chhatrapati Shivaji.

DQ 2239. Pic from www.thehindu.com

Fastest three answers: @ShefVaidya, @rohit24r and ‏@viveksurat.


#DharmaQuiz 2240: Hanuman image one paisa coin from central India. 1888 CE (1945 VS). Name that princely state of British India.
Ans: Ratlam

DQ 2240. Pic from blogspot.com

Fastest three answers: @viveksurat, @simuntweets and @ImpatientMonk 


Have a good weekend!

DharmaQuiz Session 81: 29-Jul-2011

Kindly refer to the following link for an introduction to what this DharmaQuiz is all about. It also has the first 19 sessions' Questions and Answers.

http://dharmaquiz.blogspot.com/2010/09/dharmaquiz-questions-answers.html

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Session 81: July 29,  2011
Theme: Itihasa

1. Name the Hindu sage and philosopher, who lived over 2200 years back, termed as the 1st atomic scientist in the history. #DharmaQuiz 750. Ans: Kanada - More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanada
2. Patanjali, compiler of Yoga Suras, an important collection of aphorisms on Yoga practice, lived under which king's reign? #DharmaQuiz 751. Ans: Pusyamitra Sunga
3. 2200 yrs back a famous Buddhist philosopher lived in India, known as 2nd Buddha. He was? a) Nagarjuna. b) Veera. c) Kapila. #DharmaQuiz 752. Ans: Nagarjuna
4. Name the very brilliant strategist Indian, who predated Machiavelli by 1,800 years. a) Nandi. b) Chanakya. c) Kalidasa. #DharmaQuiz 753. Ans: Chanakya
5. Greek Megasthenes Indica referred to a famous Indian king as 'Sandrocottus'. He was: 1) Ashoka 2) Bindusara 3) Chandragupta  #DharmaQuiz 754. Ans: Chandragupta
6. The king of Kapilavastu, in Nepal, whose son became 1 of India's greatest known names: a) Kapila b) Shuddhodana. c) Balaka. #DharmaQuiz 755. Ans: Shuddhodana
7. Ghatotkacha, a Mahabharata name, was that of Chandragupta's father. Maurya or Gupta dynasty's?  #DharmaQuiz 756. Ans: Gupta dynasty.

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• @DevNakshi : 6
• @sharathinindia : 5
• @TheArvindDhar : 5
• @talmukund : 5
• @TwtbyKoushik : 4
• @man0jsharma : 4
• @bhatpraveen : 3
• @vprajus : 3
• @KBhat144 : 3
• @umeshparab n: 2
• @doubtinggaurav : 2
• @amit79in : 2
• @itsmesuresh : 2
• @ranganaathan : 2
• @DEVenDrapai : 1
• @jaya_1234 : 1
• @manohar_sram : 1
• @AmiSri : 1
• @subodh1945 : 1
• @im_adi : 1

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