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(a) Dantakara
(b) Kulika
(c) Tailika
(d) Tantuvaya
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (d)
The guild organization described in the Mandsore inscription of Kumargupta was known as Tantuvaya. This inscription informs us that he was a feudatory of the Gupta emperor Kumargupta I.
It was during his reign, a temple dedicated to Surya was constructed by the guild of silk-weavers at Dashapura in the Malava Samvat 493 (436 CE).
This temple was renovated in 473 CE by the same guild.
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Question : 1
Who among the following exposed evils of the contemporary society by his satirical writings?
a) Banabhatta
b) Kalhana
c) Kshemendra
d) Vishakhadatta
Answer »Answer: (d)
Vishakhadatta exposed evils of contemporary society by his satirical writings. There is no unanimity among the authorities on the date of Mudrarakshasa. However, the majority of them are in favour of assigning the composition of this Sanskrit work to 4th–5th centuries AD.
The Minister Signet’s Ring centres around the schemes of the wily Chanakya to frustrate the plots of Raksasa, the minister of Dhanananda, the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty.
Question : 2
The famous commentator of Vedic literature, associated with the Paramaras was
a) Kshirasvamin
b) Soyana
c) Uvata
d) Apararka
Answer »Answer: (c)
The famous commentator of Vedic literature, associated with the Parmaras was Uvata.
The Parmar dynasty was an early medieval Indian royal house that ruled over the Malwa region in central India. This dynasty was founded by Upendra in c. 800;
the most significant ruler was Bhoja I. The seat of the Parmar kingdom was Dhangraja, the present-day Dhar city in Madhya Pradesh.
Question : 3
Gangai Kondacholapuram became the administrative centre of the Cholas from the time of
a) Rajendra I
b) Rajaraja I
c) Vikrama Chola
d) Parantaka
Answer »Answer: (a)
‘Gangai Kondacholapuram’ became the administrative centre of the Cholas from the time of Rajendra I. His empire extended the whole of southern India to river Thungabathra in north India, for the administrative and strategic purpose he built another capital and named Gangaikondacholapuram.
The Gangaikondacholapuram temple, he constructed, consists of 3 stories and surrounded by a huge fort-like wall, the outer wall was greatly destructed during the English rule (1896 AD).
Question : 4
Who of the following kings is depicted as playing on a flute on his coins?
a) Skandgupta
b) Samudragupta
c) Kumargupta
d) Menander
Answer »Answer: (b)
Samudragupta is depicted as playing on a flute on his coins. It was played with the strings being kept parallel to the body of the player, with both hands plucking the strings, as shown on Samudragupta’s gold coins.
Early literary sources of an ancient instrument called the Saptatantree Veenaa (7-string Veenaa) seem to coincide generally with the type of instrument represented on the coin.
Question : 5
Which one of the following was the biggest hoard of Gupta coins?
a) Bayana hoard
b) Hajipur hoard
c) Kotawa hoard
d) Basti hoard
Answer »Answer: (a)
Bayana was the biggest hoard of the Gupta era’s coins. The collection and study of coins is known as Numismatics.
The bayana hoard of coins was discovered by A.S. Altekar. Mr Altekar, the person who had hoarded the coins might be a collector himself since most of the Gupta dynasty coins spanning 200+ years were found together in a single vessel.
The Bayan is the place in Rajasthan.
Question : 6
Who destroyed the Nalanda University in 1202 AD ?
a) Bakhtiyar Khalji
b) Mahmud of Ghazni
c) Qutbuddin Aibak
d) Muhammad Ghori
Answer »Answer: (a)
Bakhtiyar Khalji destroyed the Nalanda University in 1202 AD. The prince of perverts – Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji – is a blot on the human race. And yet the town of Bakhtiyarpur in Bihar, close to the site of his cruel depredations, bears his name.
Bakhtiyar Khalji holds a pride of place because, unlike the other Muslim marauders, he was not content with destroying the areas he traversed.
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