Which foreign traveler mentions in his memoirs that the Chandalas lived outside the village and had to maintain distance from the upper castes?
A. Hiuen-Tsang
B. Fa-Hien
C. Ptolemy
D. I-tsing
B. Fa-Hien
Which text mentions that water touched by an untouchable is seen as unfit for consumption by higher castes?
A. Acharakkovai
B. Buddhacharita
C. Mahabhashya
D. Mrichakatika
A. Acharakkovai
Which of the following empires assigned a sub-caste to foreigners?
A. Gupta Empire
B. Kushana Empire
C. Maurya Empire
D. Magadha Empire
A. Gupta Empire
Which of the following allowed the absorption of Tribal communities into Brahminical society?
A. Kushana Empire
B. Magadha Empire
C. Maurya Empire
D. Gupta Empire
D. Gupta Empire
During the Gupta period, which god were the Shudras allowed to worship?
A. Indra
B. Agni
C. Krishna
D. Vishnu
C. Krishna
Which text mentions fifteen types of slaves?
A. Mrichakatika
B. Narada Smriti
C. Acharakkovai
D. Buddhacharita
B. Narada Smriti
Which of the following periods saw the emergence of Tantrism?
A. Magadha period
B. Gupta period
C. Kushana period
D. Mauryan period
B. Gupta period
In which century were the two great epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, compiled?
A. 4th century CE
B. 6th century CE
C. 1st century CE
D. 3rd century CE
A. 4th century CE
Which place developed as a great center of education for Mahayana Buddhism during the Gupta period?
A. Taxila
B. Nalanda
C. Ujjain
D. Patliputra
B. Nalanda
During which period did the worship of composite deities such as Hari-Hara emerge?
A. Magadha period
B. Kushana period
C. Mauryan period
D. Gupta period
D. Gupta period