Question

Feudal nature of polity Gupta administration

Answer 1

The rule of the Guptas in northern India was characterised as imperial govt. In many ways the Gupta rule marked the beginnings of the feudal polity

Explanation:

• Since a significant area of the imperial administration was managed by beneficiaries & feudatories, the Gupta empire did not need many officials
• Officials were rendered "redundant" owing to the absence of "state economic activities" on a large scale, and a big standing army was also not required on the same scale as that was maintained by the Mauryan empire
• The necessity for an"elaborate administrative establishment" was further lessened by the participation of merchants, artisans, elders, and so on in the urban & rural administration
• Villages had assumed more power leaving "less" for the center to do. The Gupta hence neither required nor had elaborate bureaucracy and despite the "strong arms" of the Gupta rulers, institutional factors working for decentralisation were "much stronger" in the Gupta age

Answer 2

Answer:

The rule of the Guptas in northern India was characterised as imperial govt. In many ways the Gupta rule marked the beginnings of the feudal polity.

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