ANSWER – D
The Katoch clan has four great subdivision, viz., Jaswal, Guleria, Dadwal and Sibia. In the same way, the Jamwal clan has four chief subdivision: Jasrotia, Mankotia, Sambial and Lakhanpuria.
The Mian title was originally given by Emperor Jahangir to the 22 Rajput princes from the Punjab Hill states, who were hostages to the Mughal court, a practice which had been introduced by Akbar to ensure the loyalty of these states.
The eldest son of a ruling chief bore the title of Tikka, and the younger sons were called Dothain, Trithain, Chauthain.
ANSWER – D
There are clear-cut evidences of the existence of prehistoric man in the Himalayan region in the area traversed by:
The Banganga-Beas of Beas valleys of Kangra.
The Sirsa-Satluj valleys of Nalagarh – Bilaspur and
The Markanda valley of Sirmaur.
ANSWER – A
ANSWER – C
The earliest inhabitants of himachal – dasas, nishads and dasyus find mention in the rig veda.
The mongoloid people called bhotas and kiratas in indian literature, who came around 3rd millennium B.C. occupied the sub-himalayan region in the prehistoric times. Mongoloids were the second race to enter this area.
The third race to enter the himalayan regions were the ‘aryan’ or ‘khasas‘, who entered India from north (via kashgir to Kashmir) and settled in mid-mountains, from Kashmir to Nepal.
ANSWER – B
Mahabharata testifies that Audumbaras were descendants of Vishwamitra who founded the gotra of the Kaushika group.
Panini a great Sanskrit scholar who lived most probably in 5 century B.C. has also made mention about Audumbaras, along with the people of Jalandhara is his Ganapatha.
Their coins have been found in Kangra, Jwalamukhi, Pathankot, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur regions.
ANSWER – A
ANSWER – A
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