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SOCIETY 

  • In the sanskrit plays of Gupta era women and shudras spoke

 –Prakrit

  • The custom of child marriage was started

 –In Gupta Period

  • The maximum number of villages were given to the temples and the Brahmins as grant

 –By Gupta Rulers

  • To which unit of the administration, the use of Vishay was applied?

 –District

  • What term was used for the unploughed forest land during the Gupta period?

 –Aprahat

  • The Gupta emperors claimed themselves to have

-The divine right

  • Gupta administration was totally centralised

 – False

NALANDA

  • In the later-Gupta period which university became very famous?

 –Nalanda University

  • In which state is Nalanda University situated in India?

 –Bihar

  • The excavated remains of ........... found near Patna in Bihar was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in July 2016.

 –Nalanda Mahavihara

  • Where are relics of ancient Indian university found?

 –In Nalanda

  • Where was the ancient university of seventh century in India founded?

 –In Nalanda

FAMOUS PERSONALITEIS

  • Who the Ayurvedic physician was called the ‘God of Medical Science’?

 –Dhanvantri

  • During the Gupta period, who was known for the work about the medical science

 –Sushrut

  • Related to the Science of Ayurved in the ancient period are

 –Dhanvantri, Charak, Sushrut

  • In whose court Dhanvantri, the famous physician of ancient India, gave his suggestions?

 –Chandragupta II

  • Who is the author of ‘Pancha Siddhantika’ the Indian Astronomy

 –Varahmihir

  • One of the nine gems of Chandragupta II who was related to Astronomy

 –Kshapnhak

  • During the reign of Gupta who was a mathematician and a great astronomer?

 –Aryabhatt

  • To which period are the famous names of Aryabhatt and Varahmihir related?

 –The Gupta Period

INSCRIPTIONS 

  • In the Prayag pillar inscription, which ruler has been addressed as “Licchavi Dauhitra”?

 –Samudragupta

  • Who is the author of Samudragupta’s “Pryag Prashasti”?

 –Harisen

  • From which inscription it is known that the class of silk weavers migrated to West Malwa from Lat Desh?

 –Mandsaur

  • From which incription we come to know about Skandgupta’s victory over the Huns?

 –Junagarh

  • In the inscriptions of Allahabad pillar whose achievements are inscribed?

 –Samudragupta

  • Which pillar inscriptions has recorded the achievements of Samudra Gupta, who was known as the ‘Napoleon of India’ for his conquests?

 –Allahabad Pillar

Ancient Indian History

14. THE GUPTA PERIOD

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