Himachal Pradesh History Series - Part 1

1.       “Trigarta” – the present day Kangra denotes the region drained by three rivers – Ravi, Beas and Satluj 2.       Trigarta was the name of an ancient northern region of the hills while the territorial name synonymous for the plains was – Jalandhara 3.       The founder of Trigarta  territory who was also an ally of the Kauravas in the battle of Mahabharata and fought against Viratas, the King of Matasya  was – Susharma 4.        The fort at Nagarkot which was built by Susharma was called ______ by Panini – Ayudhajivi Sangha 5.       The territory located in the upper Beas Valley which has its mention in Ramyana, Markandeya Purana, Brihatsamhita and Mudrarakshasa and also had its ancient capital at Naggar was – Kuluta 6.       _____ territory identifies with the majority population of modern day Kanets or Kunets ( from Kullu, the Shimla Hills and Sirmaur Hills) – Kulindas also known as Kunindas 7.       _______ was the famous King who ruled in the Kunindas territory till 350 A.D. – Amoghabhuti 8.       The throne of Magadha was taken over by ______ after the departure of Alexander from India who thereafter ruled across most of Northern India – Chandragupta 9.       Ashoka, the grandson of Chandragupta who extended his territorial boundaries into the Himalayan region later sent a Buddhist missionary to the region headed by – Majjihima 10.   Four monks who accompanied Majjihima for the missionary work in the Himalayan region were – Kassapagotta, Dhundhibisara, Sahadeva and Mulakadeva 11.   An Ashoka edict was erected at the confluence of the Tons and Yamuna in the Jaunsar-Bawar region ( now in Uttrarakhand ) at – Kalsi 12.   After the fall of the Mauryan Empire, the Sungas rose to prominence (187-75 B.C.)  but could not keep the Himalayan republics under their control. The hold over this region was again established during the rule of – Kushanas ( 20 A.D.- 225 A.D. ) 13.   Out of 382 copper coins of Vema Khadphises,____ number of copper coins were found on the Kalka-Kasauli road – 40 14.   During the rise of the Gupta Empire in the 4th Century A.D., the Kulindas were split into various small kingdoms like – Brahmapura, Govisana and Kartipura 15.   The Trigarta-Jalandhara people encroached on the ______ territory in the West, _____ ( present day Bharmaur) in the north and ____ (Satluj Valley) in the west – Audumbara, Gabdika and Sukshetra 16.   In the 6th centrury A.D.  Varman dynasty was founded by Maru Varman in the upper Ravi Valley with its capital at Bharmaur. It was anciently known as – Brahmapura 17.   In the pre-Gupta period, a second Kullu State was founded by – Behangamuni from Prayag 18.   Gujjars in the hills bear descent from the central Asian tribesmen known as ______who came down till Punjab but were forced to retreat under the united effort of Bal Aditya of Magadha and Yashodharman of Malva – Hunas 19.   After the collapse of the Gupta Empire and before the rise of Harsha, Northern India came under the control of petty “Thakurs and Ranas”. This period is known as – Apthakurai 20.   During the reign of Harsha in 7th century A.D.,____ visited India from 630-644 A.D. and also visited Jalandhara-Trigarta in 635 A.D. and 643 A.D. – Hiuen-Tsang 21.   A copper plate belonging to 7th century A.D. has been also found at Nirmand in Kullu district issued by – Mahasamanta Maharaja Samudrasena 22.   Jaswan, Guler, Siba and Datarpur were the offshoots of – Kangra State 23.   The Nurpur State with its capital at Pratishthana (Pathankot) was founded by a Tomar Rajput in about A.D. 1000 named  - Jhetpal 24.   Rup Sen the scion of Sen Dynasty of Bengal had three sons namely – Bir Sen, Giri Sen and Hamir Sen. The states founded by them in A.D. 1211 respectively were – Suket, Keonthal and Kishtwar 25.   The ancient capital of Suket State founded by Bir Sen was - Pangna