Question

1. Discuss social organization; and improvements in agriculture, crafts and trade during the ‘Gupta Period

Answer 1

Answer:The social structure of Gupta Empire was highly influenced by religion.Hinduism is divided the people of the Gupta Empire into five classes. The highest was composed of the priest and teachers, underneath that were the rulers and warriors then the merchants and artisans and ending with unskilled workers.

In fact, in no other period of indian history agriculture made do much of progress was evident in the post-Gupta period.Gupta administration constructing numerous irrigation infrastructure such as aqueducts, dams and canals, large areas of the Empire became very fertile for farmers to till. Various crops important to the diet of the Indians were grown.