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Q1Which statement correctly identifies the founder of the Gupta dynasty, while distinguishing him from the ruler who inaugurated the Gupta era?
The Gupta dynasty was founded by Sri Gupta, whereas Chandragupta I is associated with the Gupta era beginning in 319-320 CE and the Licchavi marriage alliance. Samudragupta and Chandragupta II belong to later phases of Gupta expansion and consolidation.
Q2Assertion: Kanishka is associated with the Saka era beginning in 78 CE. Reason: Kanishka is also linked with the Gandhara and Mathura schools of art and the fourth Buddhist council in Kashmir.
Kanishka, the major Kushana ruler, is conventionally associated with the Saka era beginning in 78 CE. His links with the Gandhara and Mathura schools and the fourth Buddhist council in Kashmir are historically correct, but they do not causally explain the era's beginning.
Q3Assertion: In standard accounts, the settlement between Chandragupta Maurya and Seleucus Nicator strengthened Mauryan power in the north-west. Reason: Seleucus Nicator ceded territories to Chandragupta, and the settlement is associated with a dynastic marriage alliance.
Standard histories describe Seleucus Nicator as ceding territories to Chandragupta Maurya, along with a dynastic marriage alliance. This reverses a common misconception: the territorial gain was Mauryan, not Seleucid.
Q4For a source-critical reading of early South Indian history, which statement about Sangam literature is incorrect?
Sangam literature is a Tamil literary corpus associated with Madurai academies and works such as Tolkappiyam, Ettutogai and Pattuppattu. The multilingual inscriptional corpus in Brahmi, Kharosthi and Greek-Aramaic belongs to Ashoka's edicts after the Mauryan Kalinga war context, so it should not be confused with Sangam sources.
Q5Which statement gives the most historically cautious reading of the Navaratna tradition attached to Chandragupta II Vikramaditya?
The Navaratna idea is traditionally attached to Chandragupta II Vikramaditya's court, and Kalidasa is commonly placed in that setting. At graduate level the caution is important: Ashokan edicts, Harishena's Prayag Prashasti, and Kanishka's Buddhist council do not provide a contemporary list of nine Gupta courtiers.
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6Kanishka's patronage of Buddhism is most directly connected with which event and place?
7Assertion (A): Aryabhata's Aryabhatiya is one of the major reasons the Gupta age is remembered for science and mathematics. Reason (R): The Gupta period is associated with advances such as the decimal place-value system and the concept of zero.
8Consider the following statements about using the Arthashastra as evidence for Mauryan administration. I. It is valuable because it discusses officials, revenue, espionage and the duties of the ruler. II. It must be read critically because a prescriptive political treatise is not the same kind of evidence as an excavated inscription. Which of the statements is/are correct?
9Which statement most accurately identifies the Arthashastra in relation to the early Mauryan state?
10How many of the following associations with Kanishka are correct? 1. Conventional association with the Saka era beginning in 78 CE 2. Patronage context of the Gandhara and Mathura schools of art 3. Association with the fourth Buddhist council in Kashmir 4. Defeat of the Western Sakas
11Match the figure or group with the most appropriate historical association in the Gupta intellectual context.
12Match the ruler with the historical association most securely linked to him.
13Consider the following statements about Kanishka and post-Mauryan cultural history. Which of them are correct? 1. He is associated with the Gandhara school of art. 2. He is associated with the Mathura school of art. 3. He is described in the Allahabad Prashasti as the conqueror of the Deccan.
14Which statement about Samudragupta is incorrect?
15Which Gupta ruler is associated with the foundation of Nalanda Mahavihara?