gupta & post gupta period quiz set 5 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

Rajadhiraja I received a letter on golden leaves from the Burmese king Kyansittha. Kyansittha strengthened the foundations of Pagan empire which Anawrahta had built. Although he suppressed the Mon rebellion, he pursued a conciliatory policy towards the Mon.

Having spent seven years in the Mon country in exile, the king had great respect for the Mon culture and kept Mon scholars at his court.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

In the Gupta period, the language used by the people of low society level and women was Prakrit. The word, derived from its Indian root “Parikrit”, itself has a flexible definition, being defined sometimes as, “original, natural, artless, normal, ordinary, usual”, or “vernacular”, in contrast to the literary and religious orthodoxy of sanskrita.

Alternatively, Prakrit can be taken to mean “derived from an original,” means evolved in a natural way.

Answer: (c)

The correct match list of authors and Kavyas is:

Samrat Hemachandra Vikramaditya (also known as HemuVikramaditya, Raja Vikramaditya or simply Hemu) (1501 – 5 November 1556) was a Hindu emperor of north India during the sixteenth century AD. The Prithviraj Vijay is a contemporary account of the 12th century the Kingdom of Ajmer ruled by the Chauhan clan. In 1192, outlying portions of the kingdom fell to invading Turks, and the capital Ajmer later in 1195, but other parts under the Chauhan Rajaputras continued to resist the invaders for more than a century.

The text helps to dispel many myths from that period, that have developed in later writings, for example, the establishment of a Sufi shrine in Ajmer. He was the grandson of Pinaka Nandi and the son of Prajapati Nandi, the Sandhi-Vigrahika (minister of peace and war) of the Pala emperor Ramapala.

He wrote the epic poem Ramacharitam.

Answer: (c)

The king was assisted in his administration by a council consisting of a chief minister, a Senapati or commander in chief of the army and other important officials.

A high official called Sandivigraha was mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions, most probably minister for foreign affairs. Provinces in the Gupta Empire were known as Bhuktis and provincial governors as Uparikas.

They were mostly chosen from among the princes. Bhuktis were subdivided into Vaishyas or districts. They were governed by Vishyapatis. Nagara Sreshtis were the officers looking after the city administration. The villages in the district were under the control of Gram Vikas.