gupta & post gupta period quiz set 6 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

Srigupta was the founder of Gupta dynasty. The Poona copper inscription of Prabhavati Gupta describes that Srigupta as the Adhiraja of Gupta dynasty.

A portion of northern or central Bengal might have been the home of Guptas then. Chandragupta-I was the first ruler of the Gupta dynasty who assumes the title of Maharajadhiraja.

The title Maharajadhiraja itself explains that Chandragupta-I was a powerful Gupta king, the conquests might have been the strong reasons for the title.

It is certain now that Chandragupta was raised by his Lichchhavi connection from the rank of the local chief to dignity that justified him to assume the title Maharajadhiraja.

Chandragupta-I was the first ruler of the Gupta dynasty who assumes the title of Maharajadhiraja.

Answer: (c)

Trayipurusha temple at Salotgi was a well-known centre of higher education.

Shri Narayan, minister to the Rastrakulta king of South India, constructed a temple in Salotgi ( Bijapur ) which in the twelfth century became a centre for Vedic education. Many buildings were built there for students to stay in.

A description of this says that five hundred acres of land were donated ( Epigraphia India ) for classrooms, lodging and boarding.

Answer: (a)

Sudraka’Mrichhakotikam is a ten-act Sanskrit drama attributed to Sudraka an ancient playwright generally thought to have lived sometime between the second century BC and the fifth century AD whom the prologue identifies as a Kshatriya king and a devotee of Shiva who lived for 100 years.

The play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayani during the reign of the King Palaka, near the end of the Pradyota dynasty that made up the first quarter of the fifth century BC.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Vikramaditya epithet does not belong to Samudragupta. Samudragupta was the greatest of the Gupta rulers, the founder of the Guptas empire, the “Indian Napoleon” by virtue of his military exploits, a diplomat and statesman of the first order, an able and efficient administrator, “the prince of poets”, (Kaviraj) the protector and defender of the poor and the weak.