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

Answer: (b)

Aryabhatta and Varahamihira belonged to Gupta age. During Gupta, period education flourished and many great discoveries were made in these fields.

Aryabhatta and Varahamihira, the two great mathematicians contributed in the field of Vedic Mathematics. Aryabhatta found and estimated the value of “Pi” to the fourth decimal place.

Algebra was developed to a great extent and the concepts of zero and infinity were also found and symbols of numbers 1 to 9 were devised which was a great contribution in mathematics. Advances in astronomy were also on heights in the Gupta Age.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

Dramma coin name occurs in the Pratihara inscriptions. Mihira Bhoja I’s epithet was SrimadAdivaraha (the fortunate primeval boar incarnation of Vishnu) and therefore there is a broad agreement amongst the scholars on the attribution of Adivaraha dramma billon coins to him. These coins have a depiction of Adivaraha on the obverse.

Answer: (d)

Out of eighteen rulers of the family, at least one-third were women. This statement is applicable to Bhaunakaras. In the course of the 16th and 17th centuries during the Sultanate of Women, women of the imperial Harem had an extraordinary influence on the politics of the Ottoman empire.

Many of the Sultans during this time were minors and it was their mothers, sometimes daughters of the sultan as Mihrimah Sultan, leaders of the Harem, who effectively ruled the empire. Most of these women were of slave origin.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The Gupta king, Chandragupta II had another name Devagupta. Chandragupta II was the third, and most significant of the Gupta kings (C.375–C.415).

Inheriting a large empire, he extended his control to Gujarat (north of Bombay) and Malwa (central India). To strengthen his southern flank, he made marriage arrangements for his daughters with southern dynasties.

In different inscriptions, Chandragupta II also named as Devasri and Devaraja in various inscriptions.