gupta & post gupta period quiz set 4 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

Veersena was the author of Mandasore inscription. There is an inscription about Bandhuverma at Mandasore. The silk workers had constructed a Sun temple here which was repaired by Bandhuverma in Samvat 493.

This indicates that he was present there till 436 CE. The Risthal stone slab inscription discovered in 1983 has brought to light another Aulikara dynasty, which comprised the following kings in the order of succession: Drumavardhana, Jayavardhana Ajitavardhana, Vibhishanavardhana, Rajyavardhana and Prakashadharma.

Answer: (c)

Kumaradevi, a queen of Govindachandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharmachakra-Jina Vihara at Sarnath.

Monastery lying 232 m from east to west and occupied by a central block of buildings, Dharmachakra Jina Vihara was the gift of Kumaradevi, the Buddhist queen of the great Gahadavala king Govindrachandra of Kashi (CE 1114-1154). All the halls and apartments of the monks have disappeared.

Answer: (a)

The evidence of water tax is provided by the inscriptions of Gahadavalas The Gahadavalas occupy a very important place in Indian history. They ruled for over a century (AD 1089-1097), over a vast region of North India, which extended from the western bank of Yamuna in the west to Patna, Monghyr and Bodhgaya in Bihar in the east.

It extended from the foothills of the Himalayas in the north to Baghelkhanda in Madhya Pradesh in the south.

Answer: (c)

Ballalasena assumed the title ‘Nihsankasankara’. According to Sena epigraph, Ballal was an author. He wrote Danasagara in 1168. And in 1169, he started but did not finish writing Adbhutasagara.

In Adbhutasagara, it was mentioned that Ballalsen conquered Mithila while Vijaysen was still alive. Besides he introduced the practice of Kulinism.

Answer: (c)