gupta & post gupta period quiz set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

Harshacharita was not composed by Harshavardhana. The Harshacharita ranks as the first historical biography in Sanskrit although it is written in a florid and fanciful style. Bana’s detailed and vivid descriptions of rural India’s natural environment, as well as the extraordinary industry of the Indian people, exudes the vitality of life at that time.

Since he received the patronage of the emperor Harsha, his descriptions of his patron are not an unbiased appraisal and present the emperor’s actions in an overly favourable light.

Answer: (c)

Vishnugupta was the last ruler of the imperial Gupta family. Vishnugupta was one of the lesser-known kings of the Gupta dynasty.

He is generally considered to be the last recognized king of the Gupta empire. His reign lasted 10 years, from 540 to 550 CE. From the fragment of his clay sealing discovered at Nalanda during the excavations of 1927–28, we came to know that he was the son of Kumargupta III and the grandson of Narsimhagupta Baladitya.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as Karanika.

This is the Dhruvadhi-Karanika (otherwise called Dhruvasthanadhikaranika) the officer-in-charge of the Dhruvas,’ the last term being applied till recent times in Kathiawar and Cutch to denote persons who superintended the collection of land-revenue by the farmers on the king’s behalf.