gupta & post gupta period quiz set 9 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

Damodarpur copper plate inscription of the Gupta period gives details regarding the sale of land. Damodarpur (in Dinajpur District) Copper Plate No.1 of Kumargupta I (443–444AD) is probably the most important for a knowledge of local administrative pattern and is the most popular source for historians.

It refers to Visayapati Kumaramatya Vetravarman, who was appointed by (Tanniyukta) the Uparika Ciratadatta, Governor of Pundravardhana Bhukti.

Vetravarman being in charge of Kotivarsa Visaya (dist.) administered the government of the locality in the Administrative Board in the company of Dhrtipala, the Nagarasresthi, Bandhumitra, the Sarthavaha, Dhrtimitra – the Prathamakulika and Sambapala – the Prathama Kayastha. They were seen to come together and consult on the sales of land.

Answer: (a)

Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of Chandragupta II. Prabhavatigupta was married to the powerful Vakataka dynasty ruler Rudrasena II (r.380–385 CE). Rudrasena II, died fortuitously after a very short reign in 385 CE, following which Queen Prabhavati Gupta (r. 385–405) ruled the Vakataka kingdom as a regent on behalf of her two sons. During this twenty-year period, the Vakataka realm was practically a part of the Gupta empire.

Answer: (d)

The word Vishti means Forced labour.While the Kshatriyas acquired their share of the social surplus through the force of arms in the form of taxes (Kar, Shulka, Bali, etc.), forced labour (Vishti, Balutam, etc.), tithes and other privileges. The Brahmin clergy enforced its claim to the social surplus through a moral deterrent which was based on strength of the tribal morality of distribution.

Answer: (b)

Ur was the primary village assembly in the Chola village administration. Every village was a self-governing unit. A number of such villages constituted a Korram in different parts of the country. Taniyur was a large village big enough to be a Kurram by itself. A number of Kurrams constituted a Valanadu.

Several Valanadus made up one Mandalam, a province. At the height of the Chola empire, there were eight or nine of these provinces including Sri Lanka. These divisions and names underwent constant changes throughout the Chola period.

Answer: (a)

Aryabhatta was a great mathematician and astronomer. He wrote the book Aryabhatiyam in 499 A.D. It deals with mathematics and astronomy.

It explains scientifically the occurrence of solar and lunar eclipses. Aryabhatta was the first to declare that the earth was spherical in shape and that it rotates on its own axis. In the field of medicine, Vagbhata lived during this period.

He was the last of the great medical trio of ancient India. The other two scholars Charaka and Susruta lived before the Gupta age. Vagbhata was the author of Ashtangasamgraha (Summary of the eight branches of medicine).