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Chandragupta I strengthened his position by marrying which princess?Read the answer and worked solution →Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription praising Samudragupta?Read the answer and worked solution →On his gold coins, Samudragupta is shown doing what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Allahabad Pillar inscription calls Samudragupta the king of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ritual did Samudragupta perform to prove his imperial sovereignty?Read the answer and worked solution →Which historian called Samudragupta the Indian Napoleon?Read the answer and worked solution →The title Vikramaditya, used by Chandragupta II, means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Chandragupta II won which western region from the Western Kshatrapas?Read the answer and worked solution →How many scholars made up the Navaratna of the Vikramaditya tradition?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chinese Buddhist monk visited India during Chandragupta II's reign?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Faxian, ordinary offences in Gupta lands were punished by what?Read the answer and worked solution →What did people use for buying and selling goods, as Faxian noted?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gupta ruler is credited with founding Nalanda?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is generally considered the last of the great Gupta emperors?Read the answer and worked solution →Which king from Malwa drove the Huns out of India in 528 CE?Read the answer and worked solution →What was a province of the Gupta Empire called?Read the answer and worked solution →A district in the Gupta administration was headed by which officer?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gupta-era metal monument at Delhi is highly resistant to corrosion?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gupta-period scholar wrote the Aryabhatiya?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gupta-period work is by Varahamihira?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gupta-period text covers Ayurveda with innovative chapters on surgery?Read the answer and worked solution →The early form of which game, caturanga, is said to have developed in the Gupta period?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the Kama Sutra, a text of the Gupta period?Read the answer and worked solution →The first positional base 10 numeral system is said to have originated in which empire?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gupta-era astronomer said the Moon shines by reflected sunlight?Read the answer and worked solution →Aryabhata assigned the start of each day to which time?Read the answer and worked solution →The names of the seven days of the week appeared at the start of which period?Read the answer and worked solution →Early evidence of the cotton gin is found in paintings in which caves?Read the answer and worked solution →Panels at which temple show the magnificence of Gupta art under Chandragupta II?Read the answer and worked solution →The Guptas were traditionally a dynasty of which religion?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Chandragupta I strengthened his position by marrying which princess?

  1. Dattadevi
  2. Kuberanaga
  3. Prabhavatigupta
  4. Kumaradevi
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Correct answer: D. Kumaradevi

1. Chandragupta I married the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi. 2. Dattadevi was the queen of Samudragupta, and Kuberanaga married Chandragupta II. 3. Prabhavatigupta was a Gupta princess, the daughter of Chandragupta II. _Source: Wikipedia, Gupta Empire, Early rulers_

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Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription praising Samudragupta?

  1. Kalidasa
  2. Aryabhata
  3. Vatsyayana
  4. Harisena
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Correct answer: D. Harisena

1. The inscription was composed by Samudragupta's courtier Harisena. 2. Kalidasa is linked with Chandragupta II's court. 3. Aryabhata was an astronomer and Vatsyayana wrote the Kama Sutra, so neither was the court panegyrist. _Source: Wikipedia, Gupta Empire, Samudragupta_

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On his gold coins, Samudragupta is shown doing what?

  1. Playing the flute
  2. Playing a veena
  3. Holding a plough
  4. Riding an elephant
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Correct answer: B. Playing a veena

1. Samudragupta's gold coins show him playing a veena. 2. This supports the inscription's praise of his talent as a musician and poet. 3. The other images do not match the musical claim made about him. _Source: Wikipedia, Gupta Empire, Samudragupta_

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