Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Question:

Kutagarashala was a hut used in ancient times for the purpose of which of the following?

Options:

Used for conducting debates between various scholars.

Used as guest rooms by Kings for foreign visitors

Used by kings whenever he used to visit another King.

Used by ambassadors in the court of a king.

Correct Answer:

Used for conducting debates between various scholars.

Explanation:

Teachers travelled from place to place, trying to convince one another as well as laypersons, about the validity of their philosophy or the way they understood the world. Debates took place in the kutagarashala – literally, a hut with a pointed roof – or in groves where travelling mendicants halted