Class Notes NCERT Solutions for CBSE Students
Question: What do you know about the religion of the Guptas?
Answer: He According to Hiuen Tsang who visited the court of Harsha, he was a great builder of stupas. The Nalanda University under of him became a great seat of Buddhist learning. In 634 CE, he held a grand convention at Kanauj which was attended by at least 20 kings and thousands of pilgrams.
Question: What were the types of villages found under the Pallavas and what did the assemblies do?
Answer: Under the Pallavas, there were three types of villages. Ur was the common type of village, where people of all castes lived. Sabha was the brahmana village that was given as a grant. Nagaram was were traders lived. The village assembly controlled irrigation, managed the affairs of the temple, and maintained tanks and roads. Decisions could be taken by majority votes. There were such assemblies even for merchants, weavers, craftspeople and also students.
Question: How does Samudragupta’s prashasti describe him?
Answer: In Samudragupta’s prashasti the poet-praised him in glowing terms. According to this prashasti, Samudragupta was a great warrior who won victories in battles. He was a learned king and the best of poets. He was equal to the gods. He was a brave ruler of the Gupta dynasty whose area of influence spread far and wide.
Question: Describe Samudragupta as a warrior as mentioned in the prashasti?
Answer: Samudragupta was a great ruler of the Gupta dynasty. He was a brave warrior too who won victories in battles. His body was most charming and covered with the plenteous beauty of the marks of hundreds of scars caused by battle-axes, arrows, spikes, spears, barbed darts, swords, iron clubs, javelins, barbed arrows, long arrows and many other weapons.
