Indus Valley Civilization MCQs

Dravidians were made slaves by:

A) Kushanas
B) Aryans
C) Sakas
D) Parthians

Cyrus the Great was the founder of which first Persian empire:

A) Achaemenid Empire
B) Sasanian Empire
C) Safavid dynasty
D) Afsharid dynasty

 

The person who in sixth BC crossed the Khyber Pass and took possession of the land around Peshawar was:

A) Akbar the greata
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Alexander the Great
D) Darius the first

Name the Cyrus’s successor who extended the empire seizing all the major kingdoms of the Indus Valley and dividing them into four provincial provinces was:

A) Darius the first
B) Caryandan
C) Scylax
D) Xerxes

Gandhara Civilization existed on which side of Pakistan from the 2nd century to the 5th century:

A) Eastern
B) Western
C) Northern
D) Southern

The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was:

A) 3rd Century BC
B) 5th Century BC
C) 8th Century BC
D) 4th Century BC

The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was:

A) Cyrus
B) Dairus I
C) Cambyses
D) Xerxes

Gandhara kingdom’s earlier capital was named as:

A) Pushkalavati
B) Taxila
C) Abbottabad
D) Multan

The old name of Charsadda was:

A) Kidar
B) Pushkalavati
C) Gandhara
D) Taxila

Taxila was the capital of:

A) Mauryan Empire
B) Persian Empire
C) Chandragupta Empire
D) Gandhara

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