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Which river's ancient name gave us the word 'Hindu'?
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What reed amazed Alexander's men by making honey without bees?
Answer: Sugarcane
Why: Through Persian and Arabic, the English word 'sugar' goes back to the Sanskrit 'sharkara'.
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How many lions sit on Ashoka's lion capital at Sarnath?
Answer: Four
Why: India's national emblem shows only three of the lions, because the fourth is hidden from view.
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Which language joins Aramaic on Ashoka's bilingual Kandahar edict?
Answer: Greek
Why: Elsewhere Ashoka's edicts are mostly in Prakrit, written in the Brahmi or, in the northwest, Kharosthi script.
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What is the oldest Hindu scripture?
Answer: Rig Veda
Why: The Rig Veda's early layers are among the oldest surviving texts in any Indo-European language.
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Who argued in 499 CE that Earth spins on its axis?
Answer: Aryabhata
Why: Later astronomers, Brahmagupta and Varahamihira among them, rejected Aryabhata's idea of a spinning Earth.
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At what river did Alexander's army refuse to go further?
Answer: Beas
Why: Earlier that year Alexander had beaten King Porus at the Jhelum, which the Greeks called the Hydaspes.
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