gupta & post gupta period quiz set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

The authentic sources are Aihole inscription of Pulakesin II and Travels of Yuan Chwang. Ravikirti, the poet, was the panegyric writer of the Aihole inscription of 634 AD. He says that Harsha to whom "hosts of feudatories" offered their homage "through Pulakesin II had his joy (Harsha) melted away by fear, with his rows of lordly elephants fallen in battle.

"This inscription also indicates that the battle was fought somewhere between the Vindhya and the Rewa (Narmada).

Yuan Chang, Yuan Chwang, and Yuen Chwang are other names of Huentsangwas a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty.

Born in what is now Henan province in 602, from boyhood he took to reading religious books, including the Chinese classics and the writings of ancient sages.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

The royal emblem used by the Gupta period was Garuda. Most people now realize that Rapson was mistaken in identifying the central bird like a peacock; rather, it is the mythic eagle Garuda, the dynastic symbol of the Guptas.

For example, A.S. Altekar says that the three-arched hill in the centre is replaced by Garuda, which was the imperial insignia of the Guptas. The view of earlier writers that the bird is a peacock is clearly untenable.

Answer: (b)

Balaiyankutai in the Pallava age was the name of a pond or tank. Majority of the irrigation tanks were built from the 6th to the 10th centuries of our era during the dynasty of the Pallavas.

One will understand the importance of these systems of irrigation by noting that about one-third of the surface area of the state is actually irrigated by these omnipresent tanks (about 40,000 such tanks), the two-thirds of water needs come from the exploitation of groundwater.

Answer: (d)

The Kumaramatyas were the high officers and the personal staff of the emperor and were appointed by the king in the home provinces and possibly paid in cash. Recruitment was not confined to the upper varnas only and several offices came to be combined in the hands of the same person, and posts became hereditary.

A high ranking official heard for the first time in the Gupta records was the Sandhivigrahika (the foreign minister). The provinces or divisions called bhuktis were governed by Uparikas directly appointed by the kings. The province was often divided into districts known as Vishayas which were ruled by Kumaramatyas, Ayuktas or Vishayapatis.

His appointment was made by the provincial governors. Land revenue was the main source of the state’s income besides the fines. In Samudragupta’s time, we hear of an officer Gopasramin working as Akshapataladhikrita whose duty was to enter numerous matters in the accounts registers, recover royal dues, to check embezzlement and recover fines.

Answer: (d)

The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called Rupaka. The silver coin was called Rupaka based on Sakas of Ujjaini weighing 32–36 grains.

According to Fa Hien, cowries were very common means of exchange. In Delhi Sultanate, gold coins were called Tanka which was equivalent to the Greek Drachm standard of 67 grains. The silver coins were called Drama.