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

Answer: (d)

Adhaka is the smallest measure. Equal attention is given to the measurement of time, based on the device named the Nalika, being the time taken for one Adhaka of water to flow out of a pot through a hole of the same diameter as that of a wire 4 angulas long, made from 4 masas of gold.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

Brahmagupta declared the ‘Law of Gravity’ long before Newton’s Law. The great 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer Brahmagupta wrote some important works on both mathematics and astronomy.

He was from the state of Rajasthan of northwest India (he is often referred to as Bhillamalacharya, the teacher from Bhillamala), and later became the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain in central India.

Answer: (a)

Sugandhadevi who issued coins with the figure of seated Lakshmi was a queen of Kashmir.

The auspicious markings on Srimati Radharani’s lotus feet include the signs of the conch shell, moon, elephant, barleycorn, rod for controlling elephants, chariot flag, small drum, svastika and fish.

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.