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

Answer: (c)

Expansion of agricultural land took place on the largest scale in Gupta age.

The degeneration of the Vaisya’s (the third, or trader caste), which had begun earlier, intensified during this period.

Because of advanced agricultural techniques and developments in handicrafts, the condition of the Sudra’s (the fourth, or menial caste) improved and there was no great difference between a poor Vaisya and a prosperous Sudra.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

Fa-Hien – there was no provision of a death sentence. Alberuni — Indian had no sense of history. Heiun-Tsang — Indian yield more than fairness required. Both Fa-hien and Hiuen Tsang had seen several stone structures built by Ashoka in Pataliputra.

These structures were intact when Fa-Hien stayed in the city for three years to learn Sanskrit during 399 and 415 AD. Aleruni (973 – 1048 and Firdausi), "commissioned" by Mahmud of Ghazni to produce his monumental commentary on Indian philosophy and culture Kitab fi tahqiq ma li'l-hind. "In his search for pure knowledge, he is undoubtedly one of the greatest minds in Islamic history.

" RomilaThapar calls him "perhaps the finest intellect of central Asia ... His observations on Indian conditions, systems of knowledge, social norms, religion ... are probably the most incisive made by any visitor to India."

Answer: (c)

The ethnic composition of the armies of Ghaznavids did not in value the Greeks. The eastern part of the later Roman empire, dating from AD 330 when Constantine I rebuilt Byzantium and made it his capital.

Its extent varied greatly over the centuries, but its core remained the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. The empire collapsed when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)