CLASS-6TH History –Chapter-11
A. Choose the correct answer :
1. Samudragupta
2. Faxian
3. Ratnavali
4. Badami
5. Pulakeshin II
B. Fill in the blanks
1 praise
2 chandragupta first
3 harisena
4 bhuktis, uparika
5 pulkeshin
6 aihole prashasti
7 xuanzang
C. True & false
1. FALSE -The Gupta dynasty was founded by sri gupta
2. FALSE -kumar devi was a Lichchhavi princess.
3. FALSE – the time that in invaded india during the reign of skanda gupta was that of the hans.
4. FALSE – kalidasa wrote meghadootam.
5. FALSE- True
D. Answer in one or two sentences .
1.) Charitas engraved on Stone in the form of inscriptions for the public to read.
2.) Two main sources is –
I) His Court poet Harisena recorded various type of details like War fought by Samudragupta
II) The coins issued by Samudragupta
3.) Gupta administration different from Mauryan administration as-
it is decentralised means power was not concentrated in one hand as like Mauryan Empire
The Empire was divided into :- Bhuktis, Vishayas, Vithis and villages
4.) The plays written by Harsha is Ratnavali, Priyadarshanika, Nagananda.
5.) Pulakeshin-II achievements was written by his Court poet Ravi Kirti in a Aihole prashasti .
6.) Two important ruler of Pallavas – Mahendraverman first and his son Narsimhavarman.
E.) Answer in Paragraph.
1) Prashasti and charitas were composed by writer appointed by the rulers they often tended to be Biased and exaggerated. so other sources like books on literature ,poetry and Science, paintings, sculpture and coins are consulted to verify the information obtained from prashastis and Charitras .
2.)Chandragupta’s son Samudragupta succeeded him in 335 common error. He was able general who led his Army to victory across the country his Empire extended from Punjab in the north to Kanchipuram in South. He allowed many Kingdom which defeated by him to rule independently as long as they paid tribute .
3.) The Gupta dynasty time period called golden age of Indian history because the level of education, mathematician, philosophy Medical Sciences ,literature and other Sciences were at highest in the history .
The South Indian kingdoms administration was not very different from the ones of north
4.) With the decline of the Gupta’s The Empire disintegrated into several small Kingdom and republics. This time Harshvardhan a young boy become the king of thanesar and Kannauj . Harsha’s administration structure is continued with the system introduced by the Guptas. But he was often involved himself in the management of day-to-day affairs to ensure justice
5.) Write a brief note on the rule of the:
A) Chalukyas – they ruled present days states of Karnataka , Telangana and part of Andhra Pradesh their capital was at Vatapi(Badami). Pulakeshin-II was the greatest king of Chalukya Dynasty
B.) Pallavas – they ruled present days states of Northern Tamil Nadu and Southern Andhra Pradesh their capital was at Kanchi
