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

Answer: (b)

Kaveripattanam and Mushiri ports were situated on the east coast of south India. Kaveripattanam, the chief port of the ancient Chola kingdom, was situated at the mouth of Kaveri river.

It is today identified with Puhar, a town in the Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. Kaveripattanam is also known as Kaveripattanam and Kaveripattanam. Once the capital of the early Chola rulers, Kaveripattanam has been described in various Sangam works and also in Ptolemy’s Geography and the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea.

According to a Sinhalese source, the spacious harbour of Kaveripattanam was built by soldiers captured by the great Chola king Karikalan in a raid on Ceylon. During the first three centuries of the Christian era, Kaveripattanam was a prosperous city inhabited by rich merchants, traders, craftsmen and sailors.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

The term ‘Mandapika’ occurring in early medieval inscriptions denotes rest house. When there are several Mandapas in the temple, it is the biggest and the tallest.

It is used for conducting religious discourses. Sometimes, the Mahamandapa is also built along a transversal axis with a transept (bumped-out portions along this transversal axis).

At the exterior, the transept ends by a large window which brings light and freshness into the temple.

Answer: (a)

Kanauj was known as Mahodaya. Kannuaj remained a focal point for the three powerful dynasties, namely the Gurjara Pratiharas, Palas and Rashtrakutas, between the 8th and 10th centuries. The conflict between the three dynasties has been referred to as the Tripartite struggle by many historians.

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: (b)