How well do you know the diverse culture and history of India?

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What is the term used to refer to the dominant cultural community in ancient India?

  • Aryans (correct)
  • Munda
  • Bharatas
  • Dravidians

Which of the following religions was not present in ancient India?

  • Jainism
  • Islam (correct)
  • Brahmanism/Hinduism
  • Buddhism

What is the term used to refer to the land of India in ancient texts?

  • Aryavarta
  • Janapadas
  • Gupta
  • Bharatas (correct)

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  • Ancient India was home to many races and tribes who contributed to its social system, art, architecture, language, and literature.
  • Indian culture has a remarkable feature of commingling cultural elements from the north and south, east and west.
  • Many Munda, Dravidian, and other non-Sanskritic terms occur in the Vedic texts, indicating ideas associated with peninsular and non-Vedic India.
  • India has since ancient times been a land of several religions, including Brahmanism or Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
  • Indians speak different languages, practise different religions, and observe different social customs, but follow certain common styles of life.
  • The Indian subcontinent was geographically well defined and its geographical unity was supplemented by cultural integration.
  • The states or territorial units, called janapadas, were named after different tribes.
  • The country as a whole came to be named Aryavarta after the dominant cultural community called the Aryans.
  • India was also known as Bharatavarsha or the land of the Bharatas.
  • The term Bharati or an inhabitant of India occurs in post-Gupta texts.

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