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The following question based on gupta & post gupta period topic of indian history mcq
(a) Junagarh
(b) Mandsaur
(c) Sanchi
(d) Eran
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (d)
The first inscriptional evidence of satipratha has been found from Eran. Some reliable records indicate the practice before the time of the Gupta empire, approximately 400 CE.
After this time, instances of Sati began to be marked by inscribed memorial stones. According to Axel Michaels, the first clear proofs of the practice is from Nepal in 464 CE, and in India from 510 CE.
In India, the earliest of these memorial stones are found in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, though the largest collections date from several centuries later, and are found in Rajasthan.
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Question : 1
He gave his daughter Prabhavati in marriage to the Vakataka prince Rudrasena II. Who is this Gupta ruler?
a) Skandagupta
b) Samudragupta
c) Chandragupta II
d) Chandragupta I
Answer »Answer: (c)
Chandragupta II gave his daughter Prabhavati in marriage to the Vakataka prince Rudrasena II. The political importance of this marriage lies in the fact that the Vakatakas occupied a geographically strategic position in the Deccan.
This alliance served a useful purpose when Chandragupta-II undertook his campaign in western India against the Sakas.
Question : 2
Which of the following contains the description of the king Dushyant of Hastinapur?
a) Mundrarakshas
b) Abhigyanashakuntalam
c) Hitopadesh
d) Mrichhkatikam
Answer »Answer: (b)
Abhigyanashakuntalam contains the description of the king Dushyant of Hastinapur. Abhigynanasakuntalam is a beautiful tale of love and romance, the name literally meaning ‘Of Sakuntala who is recognized by a token’.
Written by one of the greatest poets of India, Sakuntalam is synonymous with its author, Kalidasa. Abhigynanasakuntalam is the first Indian play ever to be translated into western languages. It is for the very first time translated in the English language by Sir William Jones in the year 1789.
Later to this, there were at least 46 translations of this play by Kalidasa in 12 different European languages.
Question : 3
Who was the author of Kamasutra?
a) Vatsyayan
b) Kamandak
c) Chandragomin
d) Kalidasa
Answer »Answer: (a)
Vatsyayan was the author of Kamasutra. Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra has 1250 verses, distributed in 36 chapters, which are further organized into seven parts.
Historians attribute Kamasutra to be composed between 400 BCE and 200 CE. Keay says that the Kamasutra is a compendium that was collected into its present form in the 2nd century CE.
Question : 4
Kumarsambhavam describes the story of the birth of
a) Pradyamna
b) Abhimanyu
c) Sanatkumara
d) Kartikeya
Answer »Answer: (d)
Kumarsambhavam describes the story of the birth of Kartikeya. Kumarsambhavam is a legendary Sanskrit poem written by Mahakavi Kalidasa.
It is one of the most substantial examples of `Kavya` poetry. Kumarsambhavam literally stands for “Birth of the War-god”, i.e. Kartikeya, Shiva`s first son. Kumarsambhavam essentially talks about the courtship of Lord Shiva and Parvati.
The bulk of chapters have enormous details about the love and romance between Shiva and Parvati.
Question : 5
Which of the Pallava rulers founded the city of Mahabalipuram?
a) Narasimhavarman I
b) Mahendavarman I
c) Nripatunga
d) Nandivarman II
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 6
Who wrote ‘Devi Chandra Guptam’?
a) Visakha Datta
b) Sudraka
c) Vajjika
d) Kamandaka
Answer »Answer: (a)
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