Question 1

What do the lions represent in the Lion Capital from Sarnath ?

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A)   four great rulers
B)   four great temples of Sarnath
C)   four buddhas of the earth
D)   four cardinal directions

Question 2

What are Buddhist religious monuments that frequently hold sacred relics and are venerated through circumambulation?

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A)   temples
B)   viharas
C)   amalakas
D)   stupas

Question 3

Why did Ashoka erect monuments to Buddha?

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He was remorseful at the destr...

Question 4

Discuss the style,content,and purpose of Indus Valley seals.What do they reveal about early civilizations?

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1.Seals show animal and human figures wi...

Question 5

What are used in Buddhist and Hindu art as physical expressions of different states of being?

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A)   mithuna
B)   erotic figures
C)   mudras
D)   yakshi

Question 6

Stories of the Buddha's past lives are called

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A)   Jataka tales.
B)   Mandapas tales.
C)   Garbhagriha tales.
D)   Toranas tales.

Question 7

How do representations of Buddha differ throughout South and Southeast Asia?

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1.The region,climate,and local trade rou...

Question 8

The rock-cut relief Descent of the Ganges is probably meant to

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A)   serve as an allegory of the king's penance.
B)   teach Hindu beliefs through dramatic narratives.
C)   provide a focus for meditation and ritual devotion.
D)   record a historical event.

Question 9

The erotic sculptures decorating the Kandariya Mahadeva are thought to express

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A)   Shiva's consorts.
B)   ceremonial rituals.
C)   human divinity.
D)   human lust.

Question 10

What visible characteristic distinguishes Gandhara sculptures of the Buddha?

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A)   the ushnisha
B)   the use of red sandstone
C)   the defined folds in the robe
D)   the Abhaya mudras

Question 11

The Indus Valley civilization thrived around the same time as

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A)   Etruscan culture.
B)   Old Kingdom Egypt.
C)   Classical Greece.
D)   Imperial Rome.

Question 12

Why did the Gandhara and Mathura schools thrive?

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Rulers of the Kushan period we...

Question 13

In what style is the temple of Vishnu at Deogarh ?

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A)   northern
B)   eastern
C)   western
D)   southern

Question 14

The bodhisattva in the wall painting of Cave 1 in Ajanta is identified as Avalokiteshvara through the

Accepted Answer

A)   lotus flower in his hand.
B)   princely garments.
C)   distinctive headdress.
D)   use of color.

Question 15

In 2001,the Taliban destroyed two colossal statues of Buddha carved from the rock of a cliff in

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A)   Pakistan.
B)   Afghanistan.
C)   Uzbekistan.
D)   India.

Question 16

What are the names for the two types of rock-cut halls that were made for Buddhist monastic communities?

Accepted Answer

A)   shikhara and amalaka
B)   mandapas and plinth
C)   vihara and chaitya
D)   torana and garbhagriha

Question 17

A "fully enlightened being"-who sees the ultimate nature of the world and is no longer subject to the cycle of samsara-is known as a

Accepted Answer

A)   buddha.
B)   chakravartin.
C)   yakshi.
D)   bodhisattva.

Question 18

How did Siddhartha Gautama reach enlightenment?

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Siddhartha left his princely d...

Question 19

The palace site of Sigiriya is located on a plateau in what country?

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A)   Cambodia
B)   Laos
C)   Vietnam
D)   Sri Lanka

Question 20

Compare and contrast the Angkor style in Cambodia with the Dvaravati style in Thailand.

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1.Angkor Wat was decorated with elaborat...

Exam 10: Art of South and Southeast Asia Before 1200

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The palace site of Sigiriya is located on a plateau in what country?

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Why did the Gandhara and Mathura schools thrive?

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