Friday, March 15, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 203: 15-Mar-2013

Theme: Sanskrit names for ancient nations & Hindu Kingdoms.
  1. What was the ancient Sanskrit name for Greece? #DharmaQuiz 1376. Ans: Yavana desha.
  2. What was the ancient Sanskrit name for Cambodia? #DharmaQuiz 1377. Ans: Kambhuja desha.
  3. There's an old agreement listing Indra, Mitra, Varuna and Nasatyas between Hittite and Mittannian Kings. In which country? #DharmaQuiz 1378. Ans: Turkey. A place called Bogazkoy. Read more here: http://tamilandvedas.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/ancient-sanskrit-inscriptions-in-strange-places/
  4. Indrapura, Amaravati, Vijaya, Kauthara & Panduranga were 5 territories of an ancient  Hindu nation. Today's which country? #DharmaQuiz 1379. Ans: Vietnam known in Sanskrit as Champa.
  5. Caspian sea, the world's largest inland sea, was called in Sanskrit as a "sagara" of a Rishi. Who? #DharmaQuiz 1380. Ans: Rishi Kashyapa. It was called Kashyapa Sagara and 'Caspi' tribe or sea is believed to be derived from 'Kashyapa'.
Top scorers of session 203:
  1. @bhaviknz : 5
  2. @abhipar7 : 5
  3. @S_Mandalia : 5
  4. @dolby_mehul : 5
  5. @manya_rao : 5
  6. @vinodvyas220 : 5
  7. @ramas_cal : 5
  8. @rahulghildiyal : 5
  9. @geophyraj : 5
  10. @pllks30 : 5
  11. @Santhosht_ : 5
  12. @keewwllguy : 5
  13. @ashutoshkulkar1 : 5
  14. @DrSaisree : 5
  15. @Tweelak : 5
  16. @deshrajeev : 5
Congrats to:
  1. @mamtan14 : 4
  2. @ankushraj29 : 4
  3. @cubicle_warrier : 4
  4. @ksmsundaram1975 : 4
  5. @surnell : 4
  6. @kishor_narayan : 4
  1. @anandt_05 : 3
  2. @manekshaws : 3
  3. @JagannathAjnabi : 3
  4. @Sahyadri : 3
  1. @Susri1210 : 2
  2. @akhilm176 : 2
  3. @GirishLN : 2
  1. @ranganaathan : 1
  2. @WatchingIndia : 1
  3. @MSLohia : 1
  4. @TerroristHindu : 1
  5. @raam_7 : 1
  6. @LoneRangerrr : 1
  7. @rathivar : 1
  8. @iyernbk : 1
  9. @LiGeWi : 1
  10. @KishoreTrivedi1 : 1
  11. @manohar_sram : 1
  12. @dattakg : 1
  13. @ssmalani : 1
  14. @AntarikshG : 1
  15. @AnInternetHindu : 1
  16. @pnthacker : 1
  17. @bhijeetD : 1
  18. @raopm9 : 1
  19. @rinku3009 : 1

Thanks for the topic suggestion in the last quiz. Leave comments if you want me to focus on your suggestions.

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