This emperor converted to Buddhism and divided the Buddhas ashes into 84K stupas
Ashoka
100
For whom was the Taj Mahal built?
Shah Jahan's wife, Mumtaz Mahal (AKA Arjumand Banu Begam)
100
Who was the architect of the Viceregal Lodge?
Henry Irwin
100
Who is the architect of the PK Kelkar Library for the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur?
Achyut Kanvinde
100
What is the name for Shiva as the Lord of Animals?
Pashupati
200
What is the name of Rama's brother who is exiled with him?
Lakshmana
200
Which style of Islamic art best defies the idea that Islam prohibits depiction of real things in art?
miniature painting
200
Who did most of the major construction work in Colonial India?
The Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army
200
What post-colonialist thinker developed the idea that the dichotomy of the Orient and the Occident was created as a justification for colonialism?
Edward Said
200
What material was used in Bidriware?
metal: zinc mixed with copper, tin, and lead
300
What famous Hindu text is considered apauruseya, or sruti?
The Vedas
300
The vegetation in the base for a water pipe best shows the artistic principle in Islam of...
horror vacui
300
What was the name for the male artist of a Kalighat painting?
patua
300
Which prime minister of India showed support for local and craft artists by asking a Miithila painter to decorate the prime minister's private residence?
Indira Gandhi
300
What type of painting, based in Calcutta, uses dramatic outlines and bold, flat forms?
Kalighat
400
List the 5 types of stupas
Votive
Object
Relic
Commemorative
Symbolic
400
Where and when was tobacco first cultivated in India?
Deccan Plateau, 1605
400
Which Governor-General of the EIC officially stated the education policy to use English as the language of literature and science, rather than Persian?
Bentinck, 1813
400
At what school in Bombay did both Nalini Malani and Achyut Kanvinde study?
Sir J.J. School of Arts
400
what was the name for albums of paintings intended as private luxury works?
muraqqa
500
When did the practice of Bronze sculpture in India begin? (time and dynasty)
Pallava dynasty, 8th century
500
Under which ruler was floral carpet patterns most common, and why?
Jahangir, his ecstatic reaction to the flowers in Kashmir
500
Who created the first books of pictures of the Indian landscape?
Thomas ad William Daniells
500
Which of the following is not a real denomination in which rupee bills are created? 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 2000
1
500
Define sanghati, ushnisha, and dhyana.
draped monastic garment; the external brain lump on the Buddha's head; meditational pose