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Answer: Option D. -> Tantuvaya
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)
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: Option A. -> Rajendra I
Answer: (a)
‘Gangai Kondacholapuram’ became the administrative centre of the Cholas from the time of Rajendra I. His empire extended the whole of southern India to river Thungabathra in north India, for the administrative and strategic purpose he built another capital and named Gangaikondacholapuram.
The Gangaikondacholapuram temple, he constructed, consists of 3 stories and surrounded by a huge fort-like wall, the outer wall was greatly destructed during the English rule (1896 AD).
Answer: (a)
‘Gangai Kondacholapuram’ became the administrative centre of the Cholas from the time of Rajendra I. His empire extended the whole of southern India to river Thungabathra in north India, for the administrative and strategic purpose he built another capital and named Gangaikondacholapuram.
The Gangaikondacholapuram temple, he constructed, consists of 3 stories and surrounded by a huge fort-like wall, the outer wall was greatly destructed during the English rule (1896 AD).
Answer: Option D. -> 3 1 4 2
Answer: (d)
The correct chronological order is:
Lagadh, Aryabhatta, Varahamihira, Brahamgupta The author of the treatise "Dzhetisha-Vedanga" ("Jyotisavedanga"), written between 450 and 350 BC. This work is a guide to determine the time for execution of the Vedic sacrificial.
"DzhetishaVedanga" preserved in the revised and corrected, which used Rigvediyya-Brahmins Aryabhata the Elder to distinguish him from a 10th-century Indian mathematician of the same name, he flourished in Kusumapura—near Patalipurta (Patna), then the capital of the Gupta dynasty.
Varahamihira also called Varahamira or simply Varaha, was one of the most celebrated scientists in South Asian history, having made substantial contributions to virtually all branches of the arts and sciences. Brahmagupta was the foremost Indian mathematician of his time.
He made advances in astronomy and most importantly in number systems including algorithms for square roots and the solution of quadratic equations.
Answer: (d)
The correct chronological order is:
Lagadh, Aryabhatta, Varahamihira, Brahamgupta The author of the treatise "Dzhetisha-Vedanga" ("Jyotisavedanga"), written between 450 and 350 BC. This work is a guide to determine the time for execution of the Vedic sacrificial.
"DzhetishaVedanga" preserved in the revised and corrected, which used Rigvediyya-Brahmins Aryabhata the Elder to distinguish him from a 10th-century Indian mathematician of the same name, he flourished in Kusumapura—near Patalipurta (Patna), then the capital of the Gupta dynasty.
Varahamihira also called Varahamira or simply Varaha, was one of the most celebrated scientists in South Asian history, having made substantial contributions to virtually all branches of the arts and sciences. Brahmagupta was the foremost Indian mathematician of his time.
He made advances in astronomy and most importantly in number systems including algorithms for square roots and the solution of quadratic equations.
Answer: Option B. -> Vatsabhatti
Answer: (b) Vatsabhatti was the court poet of Kumargupta. Samudragupta by Harisena and the Mandasor Inscription of Kumargupta by Vatsabhatti. Besides, information on Indian educational system have been culled out from Buddhist and Jain literature along with corroboratory account recorded by foreign travellers like Fa-hien, Hiuen Tsang and I-tsing of China and Hwui Lun of Korea.
Answer: (b) Vatsabhatti was the court poet of Kumargupta. Samudragupta by Harisena and the Mandasor Inscription of Kumargupta by Vatsabhatti. Besides, information on Indian educational system have been culled out from Buddhist and Jain literature along with corroboratory account recorded by foreign travellers like Fa-hien, Hiuen Tsang and I-tsing of China and Hwui Lun of Korea.
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (d)
Samudragupta is also known as ‘KavirajaLichchhavi Dauhitra’. 'Samudragupta was a man of many-sided genius, who put to shame the preceptor of the Lord Gods and Tumburu and Narada and others by his sharp and polished intellect and Chorlaskill and musical accomplishment. The Allahabad inscription, composed by the court poet Harisena in praise of Samundragupta's spectacular victories, lists the names of kings and countries defeated by the Gupta ruler.
During Samudragupta's reign, the Gupta empire became one of the largest in the East. Its fluence spread and close ties were established with many other stages. This assessment made by the court poet of old has considerable influence on many modern scholars who tend to idealise Samudragupta and described him as did Vincent A.
Smith as (as the Indian Nepoleon) an outstanding individual possessed of remarkable qualities.
Answer: (d)
Samudragupta is also known as ‘KavirajaLichchhavi Dauhitra’. 'Samudragupta was a man of many-sided genius, who put to shame the preceptor of the Lord Gods and Tumburu and Narada and others by his sharp and polished intellect and Chorlaskill and musical accomplishment. The Allahabad inscription, composed by the court poet Harisena in praise of Samundragupta's spectacular victories, lists the names of kings and countries defeated by the Gupta ruler.
During Samudragupta's reign, the Gupta empire became one of the largest in the East. Its fluence spread and close ties were established with many other stages. This assessment made by the court poet of old has considerable influence on many modern scholars who tend to idealise Samudragupta and described him as did Vincent A.
Smith as (as the Indian Nepoleon) an outstanding individual possessed of remarkable qualities.
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (a)
The correctly matched pairs are:
Charasadda — Pushkalavati
Sirkap — Takshila
Nagarjunakonda — Vijaypuri
Pushkalavati (modern-day Charasadda) is an ancient site situated in Peshawar valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly NWFP) of Pakistan. It is located on the banks of Swat River, near its junction with Kabul river. Sirkap is the name of an archaeological site on the bank opposite to the city of Takshila, Punjab, Pakistan.
The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius after he invaded India around 180 BCE. A city flourished around 1,800 years ago at Nagarjunakonda, the Hill of Nagarjuna.
A great religious and educational centre of Brahmanism and Buddhism, one of the names it had then was Vijayapuri, after king Vijaya Satakarni of the Satavahana dynasty. Thereafter a capital of the Ikshvaku dynasty (225 – 325 CE), it fell into terminal decline after the demise of the last Ikshvaku king. A teacher, S Venkataramayya, discovered the ruins of the ancient city in 1926.
Answer: (a)
The correctly matched pairs are:
Charasadda — Pushkalavati
Sirkap — Takshila
Nagarjunakonda — Vijaypuri
Pushkalavati (modern-day Charasadda) is an ancient site situated in Peshawar valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly NWFP) of Pakistan. It is located on the banks of Swat River, near its junction with Kabul river. Sirkap is the name of an archaeological site on the bank opposite to the city of Takshila, Punjab, Pakistan.
The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius after he invaded India around 180 BCE. A city flourished around 1,800 years ago at Nagarjunakonda, the Hill of Nagarjuna.
A great religious and educational centre of Brahmanism and Buddhism, one of the names it had then was Vijayapuri, after king Vijaya Satakarni of the Satavahana dynasty. Thereafter a capital of the Ikshvaku dynasty (225 – 325 CE), it fell into terminal decline after the demise of the last Ikshvaku king. A teacher, S Venkataramayya, discovered the ruins of the ancient city in 1926.
Answer: Option C. -> Mrichhakatikam
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option B. -> 3 1 2 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.
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.
Answer: Option B. -> Skanda Gupta
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option A. -> Samudragupta
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.
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.
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