Subject: SourcesXLiterature

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?

‘Mrichchhakatika,’ an ancient Indian book written by Shudraka, deals with:

What does Baudhayan theorem (Baudhayan Sulva Sutra) relate to?

The national motto of India, ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the Emblem of India is taken from?

Which one of the following books of ancient India has the love story of the son of the founder of
Sunga dynasty?

With reference to the scholars/litterateurs of ancient India, consider the following
statements:
(1) Panini is associated with Pushyamitra Shunga.
(2) Amarasimha is associated with Harshavardhana.
(3) Kalidasa is associated with Chandra Gupta – II.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the history of ancient India, Bhavabhuti, Hastimalla and Kshemeshvara were famous

“Yogavasistha” was translated into Persian by Nizamuddin Panipati during the reign of:

According to Kautilya’s Arthashastra, which of the following are correct ?
1. A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial punishment.
2. If a female slave bore her master a son, she was legally free.
3. If a son born to a female slave was fathered by her master, the son was entitled to the legal status of the master’s son.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?