IASbaba's Think Learn Perform 2016, IASbaba's TLP - 2016
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TLP HISTORY [DAY 41]
TOPIC : POST MAURYAN PERIOD & EARLY STATE AND SOCIETY IN DECCAN,EAST AND SOUTH INDIA
Q.1) How justified are we in characterizing the post-Mauryan five centuries as the ‘Dark Period’ of Indian History? Give reasons in support of your answer. [20m,400w ]
Q.2) Examine the significance of the deities depicted on coins of the Kushanas. [20m,400w ]
Q.3) Review critically the evolution of different schools of art in the Indian subcontinent between the second century BCE and the third century CE, and evaluate the socio-religious factors responsible for it. [ 20m,400w ]
Q.4) Assess the role of guilds and trade organizations in the development of early Indian economy. [15m,300w ]
Q.5) “Not only does ancient Tamil literature furnish an accurate picture of widely disparate classes; it also describes the social condition of Tamil country as it was.” Discuss. [ 10m,200w ]
Q.6) How do recent archaeological findings and Sangam literary texts enlighten us about the early state and society in South India? [25m,450w ]
Q.7) Explain as to how the early Buddhist Stupa art, while using folk motifs and narratives and common cultural symbols, succeeded in transforming these themes for expounding the Buddhist ideals. [20m,400w ]
Q.8) Justify Pliny’s statement the Rome was being drained out of its gold by India during the first century of the Christian era. [20m,400w ]
MAP WORK : IMPORTANT EXCAVATED SITES
- Taxila
- Ahichchhatra
- Hastinapur
- Kausambi
- Sishupalgarh
- Purana Qila
- Chandraketugarh
- Hampi
- Bhokhardan
- Sannati
- Nagarjunakonda
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Arikamedu
- Adam
- Rajghat
- Mathura
