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Gupta Dynasty

Gupta Dynasty is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2016, 2018). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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Gupta rulers listCoinage and titlesGupta empire political historyImportant historical epithets

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पुढीलपैकी कोणत्या गुप्त राजाने महेंद्रादित्य ही पदवी घेतली ? Who from the following Gupta kings took the title of Mahendraditya ?

1)दुसरा चंद्रगुप्त / Chandragupta II
2)समुद्रगुप्त / Samudragupta
3)कुमारगुप्त / Kumaragupta✓ Correct
4)स्कंदगुप्त / Skandagupta

Kumaragupta I of the Gupta dynasty assumed the title of 'Mahendraditya'.

पुढीलपैकी विजोड व्यक्ती ओळखा. अ. चाणक्य ब. विष्णुगुप्त क. रामगुप्त ड. कौटिल्य इ. विष्णू शर्मा फ. पक्षिन स्वामी Pick out the odd persons from the following. a. Chanakya b. Vishnugupta c. Ramgupta d. Kautilya e. Vishnu Sharma f. Pakshin Swami

(a)चाणक्य / Chanakya

(b)विष्णुगुप्त / Vishnugupta

(c)रामगुप्त / Ramgupta

(d)कौटिल्य / Kautilya

(e)विष्णू शर्मा / Vishnu Sharma

(f)पक्षिण स्वामी / Pakshin Swami

1)फक्त अ आणि इ / a and e only
2)फक्त ब, क आणि फ / b, c and f only
3)फक्त ड आणि इ / d and e only
4)फक्त क आणि इ / c and e only✓ Correct

Chanakya, Vishnugupta, Kautilya, and Pakshin Swami are various names/appellations of the same legendary statesman and author of Arthashastra. Ramgupta (Gupta king) and Vishnu Sharma (author of Panchatantra) are completely different individuals.

खालील विधानावरून व्यक्ती ओळखा : अ. विशाल साम्राज्याचा संस्थापक. ब. सुसंस्कृत, विद्वान आणि कवी. क. प्रसिद्ध कवि हरिसेन हा त्याचा राजकवी होता व बौद्धपंडीत वसुबंधू त्याच्या दरबारात होता. ड. 'भारतीय नेपोलियन' अशी विन्सेंट स्मिथ त्याची प्रशंसा करतात. Identify the person from the following description : a. Founder of a great empire. b. Cultured, scholar and a poet. c. The famous poet Harisena was his court poet and Buddhist scholar Vasubandhu was in his court. d. Vincent Smith praises him as the 'Indian Napoleon'.

(a)विशाल साम्राज्याचा संस्थापक. / Founder of a great empire.

(b)सुसंस्कृत, विद्वान आणि कवी. / Cultured, scholar and a poet.

(c)प्रसिद्ध कवि हरिसेन हा त्याचा राजकवी होता व बौद्धपंडीत वसुबंधू त्याच्या दरबारात होता. / The famous poet Harisena was his court poet and Buddhist scholar Vasubandhu was in his court.

(d)'भारतीय नेपोलियन' अशी विन्सेंट स्मिथ त्याची प्रशंसा करतात. / Vincent Smith praises him as the 'Indian Napoleon'.

1)हरिसेन / Harisena
2)कनिष्क / Kanishka
3)समुद्रगुप्त / Samudragupta✓ Correct
4)चंद्रगुप्त मौर्य / Chandragupta Maurya

Samudragupta was a great conqueror and founder of imperial Gupta expansion, a scholar and poet (often called Kaviraja), patronized Harisena and Vasubandhu, and was famously described as the 'Indian Napoleon' by historian Vincent Smith.

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