gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (a)

Bayana was the biggest hoard of the Gupta era’s coins. The collection and study of coins is known as Numismatics.

The bayana hoard of coins was discovered by A.S. Altekar. Mr Altekar, the person who had hoarded the coins might be a collector himself since most of the Gupta dynasty coins spanning 200+ years were found together in a single vessel.

The Bayan is the place in Rajasthan.

Answer: (b)

Samudragupta is depicted as playing on a flute on his coins. It was played with the strings being kept parallel to the body of the player, with both hands plucking the strings, as shown on Samudragupta’s gold coins.

Early literary sources of an ancient instrument called the Saptatantree Veenaa (7-string Veenaa) seem to coincide generally with the type of instrument represented on the coin.

Answer: (d)

The guild organization described in the Mandsore inscription of Kumargupta was known as Tantuvaya. This inscription informs us that he was a feudatory of the Gupta emperor Kumargupta I.

It was during his reign, a temple dedicated to Surya was constructed by the guild of silk-weavers at Dashapura in the Malava Samvat 493 (436 CE).

This temple was renovated in 473 CE by the same guild.

Answer: (d)

Vishakhadatta exposed evils of contemporary society by his satirical writings. There is no unanimity among the authorities on the date of Mudrarakshasa. However, the majority of them are in favour of assigning the composition of this Sanskrit work to 4th–5th centuries AD.

The Minister Signet’s Ring centres around the schemes of the wily Chanakya to frustrate the plots of Raksasa, the minister of Dhanananda, the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty.

Answer: (c)

The famous commentator of Vedic literature, associated with the Parmaras was Uvata.

The Parmar dynasty was an early medieval Indian royal house that ruled over the Malwa region in central India. This dynasty was founded by Upendra in c. 800;

the most significant ruler was Bhoja I. The seat of the Parmar kingdom was Dhangraja, the present-day Dhar city in Madhya Pradesh.