gupta & post gupta period quiz set 13 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

Samudragupta is also known as‘Kaviraja-Lichchhavi Dauhitra’. ‘Samudragupta was a man of many-sided genius, who put to shame the preceptor of the Lord Gods and Tumburu and Narada and others by his sharp and polished intellect and Chorla-skill and musical accomplishment.

The Allahabad inscription, composed by the court poet Harisena in praise of Samundragupta’s spectacular victories, lists the names of kings and countries defeated by the Gupta ruler. During Samudragupta’s reign, the Gupta empire became one of the largest in the East. Its fluence spread and close ties were established with many other stages.

This assessment made by the court poet of old has considerable influence on many modern scholars who tend to idealize Samudragupta and described him as did Vincent A. Smith as (as the Indian Napoleon) an outstanding individual possessed of remarkable qualities.

Answer: (d)

Fa-hien was a Chinese monk who traveled to India during the age of Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya. He traveled during C 399-414. Fa-hien wanted to go to India to search for the treatises of the Vinaya Pitaka, the monastic rules of BUDDHISM. Traveling through Central Asia and Northwest India,

Fa-hien reached northern India and then visited the holy Buddhist sites located in the Ganges valley: Kapilavastu, the birthplace of Buddha; Bodhgaya, the site of Buddha’s enlightenment; Sarnath, where Buddha preached his first sermon, and Kushinagara, the place of Buddha’s nirvana.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)