Ancient Indian Geography and Texts Quiz

Information about ancient Indian geography comes from literary texts, archaeological remains, and descriptions by travelers.

Ancient Indian texts, like the Mahabharata, refer to the Satpura range as 'Vadarya Parvat'.

The Rigveda's 'Nadi Sukta' and other texts describe 21 rivers, like those mentioned in the Markandeya Purana as 'Sapta Saindhav'.

Ancient texts mention six seasons: Varsha, Grishma, Sharad, Hemant, Shishir, and Basant.

He described the Earth's gravitational force and presented solutions to mathematical problems in his works like Brahmasphuta Siddhanta & Khandakhadyaka.

Ancient Indian texts like the Rigveda and Ayurveda provided knowledge of constellations, eclipses, and Earth's rotation.

Ancient coins, like those from Egypt and the Indus Valley, show contacts between different civilizations.

Kalidasa's work, Meghdootam, described clouds and the beauty of Amarkantak in India.

India's different landforms like mountains, plains, and plateaus, determined by geological structure and state of development.

The northern mountain range of India, formed by the collision of tectonic plates.

The northern boundary of India, divided into Trans Himalayan, and Himalayan regions.

The theory explaining how the Earth's lithosphere (the crust and upper mantle) is divided into plates that move relative to one another.

Events where the sun or moon is blocked by the Earth, and detailed by Varahamihira.

Aryabhatta theorized that the Earth is round and rotates.

Bhaskaracharya studied planetary motion. He also divided the earth with latitude and longitude

Varahamihira worked on the solar and lunar eclipses and gravitational force of the Earth.

A large flat area formed by soil deposited by rivers.

A pebble-filled strip at the foothills of the Himalayas, where rivers disappear.

A flat, swampy area south of Bhabar, with fine sand and clay.

An older, higher plain formed by ancient sediment.

A younger, lower plain formed by recent sediment.

Varies from 150-500 km, decreasing towards the east.

Rivers from the Himalayas and peninsular India create the plain.

Features like the Bhabar, Terai, Bangar & Khadar impact agriculture and human life.

Stretches from the Aravalli Hills to the Indo-Pak border, approximately 640 km long.

Defined by the 50 cm isohyet line, running parallel to the Aravalli Hills.

Covers around 1.75 lakh square kilometers.

Slopes from northeast to southwest.

Approximately 325 meters.

Area receiving 25 to 50 cm of annual rainfall.

Contains the Ghaggar and Luni basins, remnants of the Saraswati River.

Separated by a 25 cm isohyet line.

India's largest inland salt water lake, a source of salt production.

The Punjab plains are divided into semi-mountainous and a plain based on geographical characteristics.

Stretching from the Ravi river to the Ghaggar river, at the foothills of the Shivalik hills.

Swift-flowing rivers in the semi-mountainous region of Punjab.

A region between the Indus and Jhelum rivers.

Delhi-Ahmedabad and Ganganagar-Bikaner-Jodhpur railway lines cross the region.

Flat depressions surrounded by hills are called Walsans, and small lakes with flat basins are called Pyala.

The semi-mountainous region is less fertile due to pebbles and floods.

The Assam Plain's climate is influenced by the Bay of Bengal, Himalayas, and Meghalaya Plateau. It experiences high humidity (except west) and rainfall from June to September (South-West Monsoons), with variations in rainfall across the region (160cm - 400cm).

Rainfall in the Assam Plain happens mainly during the South-West monsoon (June-September). North-Eastern monsoons bring rain only when over the Bay of Bengal.

The Assam Plain features warm deciduous forests in the west, moist warm forests in the north, and warm moist evergreen forests in the delta region. Forests have been historically impacted.

The upper part of the Brahmaputra Plain lies between the Dihang and Subansiri rivers.

The upper Brahmaputra Plain receives around 200cm of rainfall.

The upper Brahmaputra Plain has semi-evergreen forests.

The Brahmaputra Plain is approximately 700 km long and 80 km wide, spanning from Sadiya to Dhubri.

The upper Brahmaputra Plain faces challenges like floods, earthquakes, and landslides.