Class Notes NCERT Solutions for CBSE Students
Question: When did Harshavardhana become the ruler of Kanauj?
Answer: Harshavardhana became the ruler of Kanauj after his brother-in-law was killed by the ruler of Bengal.
Question: What happened when Harshavardhana tried to cross the Narmada?
Answer: He was stopped by Pulakeshin II, the best known Chalukya ruler
Question: Name the capital of the Pallauas.
Answer: Kanchipuram.
Question: Name the capital of the Chalukyas.
Answer: Aihole.
Question: From whom did Pulakeshin get the kingdom?
Answer: He got the kingdom from his uncle.
Question: Harishena held more than one offices? Name them.
Answer: Harishena held more than one offices. Besides being a maha-danda-nayaka, he was a Kumar-amatya and a sandhi-vigrahika.
Question: What was the nagaram?
Answer: It was an organisation of merchants.
Question: Who controlled the local assemblies?
Answer: Wealthy and powerful landowners and merchants controlled the local assemblies
Question: How do we know about the lives of ordinary people during this period?
Answer: We come to know about the lives of ordinary people from plays like Kalidasa’s Abhijnana Shakuntalam and accounts left by Chinese pilgrims like Fa Xian.
Question: Why did Samudragupta not annex south Indian kingdoms after defeating them?
Answer: Samudragupta did not annex the southern territories because he realized it would not be easy control such a vast empire from Magadha.
