Gupta & Post Gupta Period Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

The Chola king Kulotunga exempted from taxes the village granted to Shailendra Chudamanvihara. The strain in the Chola-Sri Vijaya relationship caused Rajendra Chola-1 to send a big naval expedition with a large fleet of ships to Southeast Asia in the year AD 1023. In the year AD 1006, a village called Aanaimangalam closer to this site was surveyed and donated to upkeep this Vihare from its revenues which were exempted from taxes.

In the following years, in AD 1008 Rajaraja Chola confirmed on copper plates the earlier grants made by him to the "ChulamanipanmaVihare" at Nagapattinam and exempted same from taxes. Kadarm is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 110, in 21 families.

Answer: (a)

Chinese traveller Fa-Hien visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II. Fa-Hien was the first Chinese Buddhist pilgrim to leave an account of his travels to Central Asia, India, and Sri Lanka.

The name of this monk may correctly be pronounced as Faxian but is also written as Fa-Hien. A native of Shanxi (Shansi), he left home at the tender age of three to join the Buddhist Sangha.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)