gupta & post gupta period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (b)

In Harshavardhana court, a Chinese embassy was sent by the T’ang emperor. The T’ang dynasty was formed in 618 due to the failed exhibitions to Korea by the Sui, which had led to conflicts in the north of China.

The T’ang’s founder, Li Yuan was a rebel from an aristocratic family (traced from the Han) that was influential under the Northern Zhou. The T’ang took some time to establish, in part due to a rebellion in 617 that took several years to succeed with the help of the Turks.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

The Chola rulers were generally the worshippers of Shiva. A number of mythical heroes and demi-gods found their place in the ancestry claimed by the later Cholas in the long mythical genealogies incorporated into the copper-plate charters and stone inscription of the tenth and eleventh centuries.

The earliest version of this is found in the Anbil Plates which gives fifteen names before Vijayalaya Chola including the genuinely historical ones of Karikala, Perunarikalli and Kocengannan.

Answer: (c)

Vishnugopa was the ruler of Kanchi during the time of Samudragupta. In the southern Pallava kingdom of Kanchipuram, he defeated king Vishnugopa, then restored him and other defeated southern kings to their thrones on payment of tribute. Several northern kings were uprooted, however, and their territories added to the Gupta empire.

At the height of Samudragupta’s power, he controlled nearly all of the valley of the Ganges (Ganga) river and received homage from rulers of parts of East Bengal, Assam, Nepal, the eastern part of Punjab, and various tribes of Rajasthan.

Answer: (d)

Women had comparatively a greater participation in administration under Chalukyas. Some women from the royal family enjoyed political power in the administration.

Queen Vijayanka was a noted Sanskrit poetess, Kumkumadevi, the younger sister of Vijayaditya (and queen of Alupa king Chitravahana) made several grants and had a Jain Basadi called Anesajjebasadi constructed at Puligere.