HARSHAVARDHANA

Question 1

DRAMAS WRITTEN BY HARSHAVARDHANA?

Answer 1

1. RATNAVALI
2. NAGANANDA
3. PRIYARDARSHIKA

Question 2

WHICH INSCRIPTIONS ARE HELPFUL TO KNOW THE CHRONOLOGY OF HARSHA?

Answer 2

1. MADHUBEN INSCRIPTION
2. SONIPAT INSCRIPTION
3. BANSKHERA INSCRIPTION.

Question 3

WHICH INSCRIPTION CONTAINS THE SIGNATURE OF HARSHA?

Answer 3

BANSKHERA INSCRIPTION.

Question 4

FOUNDER OF THE FAMILY OF HARSHA WAS?

Answer 4

PUSHYABHUTI.

Question 5

PUSHYABHUTIS WERE THE FEUDATORIES OF THE_______. THEY CALLED THEMSELVES ________.

Answer 5

GUPTAS, VARDHANAS.

Question 6

THE FIRST IMPORTANT KING OF PUSHYABHUTI DYNASTY WAS _______.
HIS CAPITAL WAS ________, NORTH OF DELHI. HE ASSUMED THE TITLE MAHARAJADHIRAJA AND PARAMABHATTARAKA.

Answer 6

PRABHAKARAVARDHANA, THANESHWAR.

Question 7

AIHOLE INSCRIPTION OF PULAKESHIN 2 MENTIONS THE DEFEAT OF HARSHA BY PULAKESHIN, WHO AFTER HIS ACHIEVEMENT ASSUMED THE TITLE______.

Answer 7

PARAMESVARA.

Question 8

HARSHA AND BUDDHISM?

Answer 8

HARSHA WAS A DEVOUT SAIVA BUT LATER HE BECAME AN ARDENT HINAYANA BUDDHIST.
HIUEN TSANG CONVERTED HIM TO MAHAYANA BUDDHISM.

Question 9

KANAUJ ASSEMBLY
1. HARSHA ORGANIZED A RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY AT KANAUJ TO HONOUR THE CHINESE PILGRIM HIUEN TSANG.
2. HE INVITED REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL RELIGIOUS SECTS.
3. HIUEN TSANG EXPLAINED THE VALUES OF MAHAYANA DOCTRINE AND ESTABLISHED ITS SUPERIORITY OVER OTHERS.
4. THE KANAUJ ASSEMBLY WENT ON PEACEFULLY WITHOUT ANY RELIGIOUS STRIFE.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 9

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE, VIOLENCE BROKE OUT AND THERE WERE ACTS OF ARSON.

Question 10

HIUEN TSANG MENTIONS IN HIS ACCOUNT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE HELD AT ALLAHABAD, KNOWN AS PRAYAG. THIS CONFERENCE WAS ROUTINELY CONVENED BY HARSHA ONCE IN ______ YEARS.

Answer 10

FIVE.

Question 11

HARSHA’S ADMINISTRATION
1. ADMINISTRATION WAS BASED ON THE SAME LINES AS THE GUPTAS DID.
2. TAXATION WAS ALSO LIGHT AND FORCED LABOUR WAS RARE.
3. ONE SIXTH OF THE PRODUCE WAS COLLECTED AS LAND TAX.
4. CRUEL PUNISHMENTS OF THE MAURYAN PERIOD CONTINUED IN THE TIMES OF HARSHA.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 11

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE

Question 12

THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC RECORDS WAS THE SALIENT FEATURE OF HARSHA’S ADMINISTRATION.
THE ARCHIVE OF THE HARSHA PERIOD WAS KNOWN AS ________.

Answer 12

NILOPITU.

Question 13

SOCIETY AND ECONOMY UNDER HARSHA?

Answer 13

1. FOURFOLD DIVISION OF SOCIETY WAS PREVALENT.
2. INSTITUTION OF SWYAMVARA DECLINED.
3. REMARRIAGE OF WIDOWS WAS NOT PERMITTED.
4. DOWRY BECOME PREVALENT.
5. SATI ALSO PREVALENT.

Question 14

WAYS OF DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD DURING HARSHA’S PERIOD?

Answer 14

HIEUN TSANG MENTIONS THREE WAYS OF DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD
1. CREMATION
2. WATER BURIAL
3. EXPOSURE IN THE WOODS.

Question 15

TRADE AND COMMERCE BOOSTED DURING HARSHA’S PERIOD.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 15

FALSE.
IT DECLINED.

Question 16

KADAMBARI IS WRITTEN BY?

Answer 16

BANABHATTA.

Question 17

MATANGA DIVAKARA AND BARTHRIHARI WERE LITERARY FIGURES IN THE COURT OF?

Answer 17

HARSHAVARDHANA.

Question 18

COPPER STATUE OF BUDDHA AND BRICK TEMPLE OF LAKSHMANA AT SIRPUR BELONGS TO THE PERIOD OF?

Answer 18

HARSHAVARDHANA.

Question 19

RENOWNED PROFESSORS OF NALANDA UNIVERSITY?

Answer 19

1. DINGNAGA
2. DHARMAPALA (ALSO BECAME HEAD OF NALANDA UNIVERSITY)
3. STHIRAMATI
4. SILABHADRA.