gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 16

Which of the following literary works did not belong to the Gupta period?

a) Abhigyanashakuntalam

b) Amarakosa

c) Mrichhakatikam

d) Charaka Samhita

Answer: (c)

Question : 17

Who among the following is known as the ‘Napoleon of India’ ?

a) Samudragupta

b) Chandragupta II

c) Harshvardhan

d) Chandragupta Maurya

Answer: (a)

Samudragupta (335-375 AD) of the Gupta dynasty is known as the Napoleon of India.

Historian AV Smith called him so because of his great military conquests known from the ‘Prayag Prashati’ written by his courtier and poet Harisena, who also describes him as the hero of a hundred battles.

But some leading Indian historians criticise Smith and feel that Samudragupta was a far greater warrior than Napoleon, as the former never lost any battle.

Question : 18

Who among the following Chinese travellers visited the Kingdoms of Harsrhavardhana and Kumar Bhaskar Varma?

a) Fa–Hien

b) I–Tsing

c) Sun Shuyun

d) Hiuen Tsang

Answer: (d)

Question : 19

The Gupta ruler who repaired Sudarsana Lake for the second time

a) Rama Gupta

b) Skanda Gupta

c) Vishnu Gupta

d) Samudra Gupta

Answer: (b)

Question : 20

Arrange the following in their chronological order:

  1. Banja of Gujar – Pratihara dynasty
  2. Hindushahi of Punjab and Kabul
  3. Rashtrakutas of Deccan
  4. Chalukya dynasty of Kalyani

a) 4 1 2 3

b) 3 1 2 4

c) 1 2 3 4

d) 2 3 1 4

Answer: (b)

The correct chronological order is:

Rashtrakutas of Deccan, Banja of Gujar—Pratihara dynasty, Hindushahi of Punjab and Kabul, Chalukya dynasty of Kalyani.

Rashtrakuta dynasty, Hindu dynasty that ruled the Deccan and neighbouring areas of India from about 755 to 975 CE. Gurjara—Pratihara dynasty, either of two dynasties of medieval Hindu India.

The line of Harichandra ruled in Mandor, Marwar (Jodhpur, Rajasthan), during the 6th to 9th centuries CE, generally with feudatory status. The line of Nagabhata ruled first at Ujjain and later at Kannauj during the 8th to 11th centuries.

The Chalukya dynasty was a powerful Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th century CE. During this period, they ruled as three related, but individual dynasties. The earliest dynasty, known as the "Badami Chalukyas", ruled from their capital Vatapi (modern Badami) from the middle of the 6th century. Pulakesin II (609 – 642) CE.

After the death of Pulakesin II, the Eastern Chalukyas became an independent kingdom in the eastern Deccan.

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