F. Short Answer Questions
1. What are the sources of information about Guptas?
2. Write a short note on Samudragupta.
3. Give an account of Chandragupta Vikramaditya.
4. What led to the decline of the Pallavas?
5. How does Samudragupta's prashasti decribe him?
6. Pulakeshin II was the best-known Chalukya ruler. Explain in berif
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Explanation:
1. Various sources of Gupta Empire available today are literary sources, numismatic or archaeological sources and epigraphical sources. According to these sources, Gupta dynasty was founded in 300 AD by Sri Gupta and it ended in 550 AD.
2.Samudragupta (reigned 335-380) is the second ruler of the Gupta Dynasty, who ushered in the Golden Age in India. He was a benevolent ruler, a great warrior and a patron of arts. Samudragupta, son of Chandragupta, was perhaps the greatest king of Gupta dynasty. His name appears in the Javanese text 'Tantrikamandaka'.
3.According to most legends, Vikramaditya had his capital at Ujjain, although some legends mention him as the king of Pataliputra. The Guptas had their capital at Pataliputra. According to D. C. Sircar, Chandragupta II may have defeated the Shaka invaders of Ujjain, and placed his son Govindagupta as a viceroy there.
4.The actual decline of the Pallavas started during the long reign of Dantivarman with a belligerent Pandyans encroaching from the south. ... However, the Pandyan king bounced back and defeated the Pallavas at Kumbakonam.
5.
The Allahabad Pillar inscription, a prashasti(eulogy) composed by his courtier Harishena, credits him with extensive military conquests. It suggests that he defeated several kings of northern India, and annexed their territories to his empire.
6.
We come to know about Pulakeshin II from a prashasti, composed by his court poet Ravikirti. According to this prashasti Pulakeshin got the kingdom from his uncle. He led expeditions along both the west and the east coasts. Besides, he checked the advance of Harshvardhana when he tried to cross the Narmada to march into the Deccan. The prashasti also tells us that Pulakeshin also attacked the Pallava king, who took shelter behind the walls of Kanchipuram.
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