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A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. Chandragupta I was succeeded by his son ____________ .
(a) Chandragupta II (b) Samudragupta (c) Kumaragupta
2. The name and fame of Samudragupta rests upon the 33-line poem written by ____________ .

(a) Harisena (b) Kalidasa (c) Banabhatta
3. The Gupta kings were ____________ .
(a) Muslims (b) Christians (c) Hindus
4. Fa-Hien, a Chinese traveller, came to India during ____________ rule.
(a) Samudragupta’s (b) Chandragupta’s (c) Harshavardhana’s

5. Kalidasa was one of the ____________ during Chandragupta II’s ____________ rule.
(a) navratnas (b) courtiers (c) astronomers
6. ____________ was the great astronomer and mathematician.

(a) Brahmagupta (b) Dhanvantari (c) Aryabhatta
7. Hiuen Tsang wrote the ____________ .
(a) Harshacharita (b) Si-yu-ki (c) Meghadutam
8. The last great emperor of India was ____________ .
(a) Pulakeshin II (b) Harshavardhana (c) Ashoka

B. Name any two :
1. Gupta rulers : (a) ____________ (b) ____________

2. works written by Kalidasa : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
3. scientists during the Gupta period : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
4. medicine men during the Gupta period : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
5. gods worshipped during the Gupta period : (a) ____________ (b) ____________

6. books written by Harshavardhana : (a) ____________ (b) ____________
C. Match the following :

1. Suzerainty u u A district during Gupta rule.
2. Maharajadhiraja u u The low caste people considered untouchables.
3. Bhukti u u A province during Gupta rule.
4. Vishaya u u The right of a king to rule over another kingdom.
5. Chandalas u u A title assumed by a king meaning ‘King of Kings’.

6. Vajrayana u u A new sect of Buddhism, besides Hinayana and Mahayana.

D. Fill in the blanks with help from the box :
Chandalas, Navratnas, Harisena, Samudragupta, Uparika maharaja,
Skandagupta, Banabhatta, Vajrayana
1. Kalidasa was one of the ____________ during Chandragupta II’s rule.

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