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Question 241. A Tamil king who is said to have sent the earliest embassy to Augustus at Athens about 20 BC was a _________ king:
  1.    Chola
  2.    Chera
  3.    Pallava
  4.    Pandyan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Pandyan
Answer: (d)
Question 242. Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola period invariably show the deity with
  1.    Four hands
  2.    Six hands
  3.    Eight hands
  4.    Two hands
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Four hands
Answer: (a)
Question 243. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Provincial Administration of Chola?
  1. The Chola Empire was divided into Mandalams.
  2. Each Mandalam was divided into valanadus and nadus.
  3. In each nadu there were a number of autonomous villages.
Select the answer from the codes given below:
  1.    2 and 3
  2.    1 and 3
  3.    1 and 2
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (d)The royal princes or officers were in charge of mandalams. The valanadu was under periyanattar and nadu under nattar. The town was known as nagaram and it was under the administration of a council called nagarattar.
Question 244. The Greco-Roman merchants visiting South India during the SangamAge were referred to in the Tamil literature as:
  1.    Pahalvlas
  2.    Yauvanas
  3.    Ayyavanas
  4.    Yavanas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Yavanas
Answer: (d)
Question 245. The chief centre or meeting point of the Indo-Roman trade was:
  1.    Alexandria
  2.    Madurai
  3.    Muziris
  4.    Arikamedu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Alexandria
Answer: (a)
Question 246. The Bay of Bengal has been called Choi lake, why?
  1.    No foreign ship could enter these during Chola reign
  2.    Chola Army had its possession over it
  3.    Chola empire spread from Indian ocean to Bay of Bengal
  4.    Cholas were ever ready to go to sea
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Chola Army had its possession over it
Answer: (b)
Question 247. The centre of Sangam literature and the patrons of Sangam poets were:
  1.    The Cholas of Uraiyur
  2.    The Pandyas of Madurai
  3.    All of the above
  4.    The Cheras of Vanji
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> The Pandyas of Madurai
Answer: (b)

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