Gupta & Post Gupta Period Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions

Answer: (a)

Harshacharita refers to pushyabhuti as the founder of the Vardhana dynasty. Prabhakara Vardhana, the ruler of Sthanvisvara, who belonged to the Pushyabhuti family, extended his control over neighbouring states. Prabhakara Vardhana was the first king of the Vardhana dynasty with his capital at Thaneswar.

Answer: (d)

During Gupta period, sun was called Lokarka. The Gupta period developed a form of sculpture that was wholly Indian, the foreign influences that had crept in the Gandhara and Mathura schools of arts disappeared. Most sculptures focused on religious and spiritual themes, like the Buddha or Hindu gods like Vishnu and Shiv. The art had been highly developed and the sculptures were exquisite.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

Gupta period is known as golden age of Indian history, as they issued large number of gold coins.

Answer: (c)

Gold coins attributed to Harsha depict on the reverse Shiva-Parvati. The Gupta period is considered the “Golden Age” of classical India. This was a time when great universities flourished in Nalanda and Takshashila, and great writers, such as the playwright Kalidasa, and great scientists, such as the mathematician and astronomer Aryabhatta, who is credited with the concept of zero among his many achievements, helped create an atmosphere of tremendous creative impulse.