Contacts with Distant Lands

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Contacts with Distant Lands: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Origin of Gupta Empire, Sunga Dynasty, Contacts with Distant Lands, Contribution of Traders, Coastal Kingdoms, The Silk Route, Foreign Empire Established in India & The Foreign Pilgrims etc.

Important Questions on Contacts with Distant Lands

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Which trading route do the inhabitants of the Indus Valley take?

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What product do the people of the Indus Valley trade with Mesopotamia, southern India, Afghanistan, and Persia ?

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With which culture were the Indus people heavily dependant on trade?

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Which route had Europeans used to trade with the rulers of India since 1498?

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What was it that the Romans mostly imported from South India?

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Muziris was a main port of which of the following kingdoms?

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the goals of the coastal African kingdoms?

A. Arabic ships sailed from the Middle East along the Indian Ocean to the kingdoms along the East Coast of Africa.

B. The power was used to acquire slaves, ivory, and gold that could be used for trade with the Arab Empires.

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Who among the following carried on overseas trade with the Romans?

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Which of the following kingdom prospered in trade and the finest fisheries along the southern coast were under their control?

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding the Coastal Kingdoms?

A. The Coastal Kingdoms controlled the trade with the interior tribes.

B. The power was used to acquire slaves, ivory, and gold that could be used for trade with the Arab Empires.

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Who ruled India between 335 AD and 375 AD?

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Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
 

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The Chinese Buddhist pilgrims Xuan Zang came in the court of?

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Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller, visited India during whose reign?

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What was the name of the Chinese pilgrim who travelled to India in the 5th century?

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The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767 – 1769 A.D., came to an end by the:

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Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is…..

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Cotyledons are also called-