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

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The main purpose of the visit of Fahien was to see the land of the Buddha and to collect Buddhist manuscripts from India.

He stayed in Pataliputra for three years studying Sanskrit and copying Buddhist texts. Fahien provides valuable information on the religious, social and economic condition of the Gupta empire.

According to him, Buddhism was in a flourishing condition in northwestern India but in the Gangetic valley, it was in a state of neglect. He refers to the Gangetic valley as the ‘land of Brahmanism’. Fahien mentions the unsatisfactory state of some of the Buddhist holy places like Kapilavastu and Kusinagara.

Answer: (d)

Tai Tsung sent Hiuen-Tsang as envoy to Harsha’s court. According to the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang, who visited his kingdom in 636, Harsha built numerous Stupas in the name of Buddha. Xuanzang entered a grand competition organized by Harsha and won the theological debate. Harsha also became a patron of art and literature. He made numerous endowments to the University at Nalanda.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

The Huna princess Avalladevi was the queen of Gangeyadeva. Their son Allata married a Huna princess named Hariyadevi. The Jabbalpore copper-plate inscription of Yasahkarnadeva, of the Kalachuri dynasty of Chedi 17 describes Yasahkarnadeva as the son of king Karnadeva and Avalladevi, a Huna princess.

Answer: (c)

None of the above had the title ‘Amoghavarsha’. The Arab traveller Sulaiman described Amoghavarsha as one of the four great kings of the world. Sulaiman also wrote that Amoghavarsha respected Muslims and that he allowed the construction of mosques in his cities. Because of his religious temperament, his interest in the arts and literature and his peace-loving nature, historian Panchamukhi has compared him to the emperor Ashoka and given him the honorific “Ashoka of the South”