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NEW EMPIRES AND KINGDOMS Flashcards

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WE KNOW ABOUT SAMUDRAGUPTA FROM A LONG INSCRIPTION, INSCRIBED ON THE__________ PILLAR AT ALLAHABAD. IT WAS COMPOSED AS A KAVYA BY________ WHO WAS A POET AND A MINISTER AT THE COURT OF___________.

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1 ASHOKAN PILLAR
2 HARISHENA
3 SAMUDRAGUPTA

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WHAT DOES PRASHASTI MEAN?

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SANSKRIT WORD MEANING IN PRAISE OF.

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SAMUDRAGUPTA AND ARYAVARTAS?

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THE NINE RULERS WHO WERE UPROOTED AND THEIR KINGDOMS WERE MADE PART OF SAMUDRAGUPTA’S EMPIRE.

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SAMUDRAGUPTA AND RULERS OF DAKSHINAPATHA?

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THERE WERE 12 RULERS.
THEY SURRENDERED TO SAMUDRAGUPTA AFTER BEING DEFEATED AND HE THEN ALLOWED THEM TO RULE AGAIN.

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WHO BROUGHT TRIBUTE, FOLLOWED ORDERS AND ATTENDED COURT OF SAMUDRAGUPTA ?

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INNER CIRCLE OF NEIGHBOURING STATES INCLUDING ASSAM, COSTAL BENGAL, NEPAL AND A NUMBER OF GANA SANGHAS IN THE NORTHWEST BROUGHT TRIBUTE, FOLLOWED HIS ORDERS AND ATTENDED HIS COURT.

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WHO OFFERED DAUGHTERS TO SAMUDRAGUPTA FOR MARRIAGE?

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DESCENDANTS OF THE KUSHANAS AND SHAKAS AND THE RULER OF SRI LANKA SUBMITTED TO HIM AND OFFERED DAUGHTERS IN MARRIAGE.

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WHO WAS THE FIRST RULER TO ADOPT THE GRAND TITLE OF MAHARAJ-ADHIRAJA?

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CHANDRAGUPTA FATHER OF SAMUDRAGUPTA WAS THE FIRST RULER OF THE GUPTA DYNASTY TO ADOPT THE GRAND TITLE OF MAHARAJ-ADHIRAJA A TITLE THAT SAMUDRAGUPTA ALSO USED.
SAMUDRAGUPTA’S GREAT GRANDFATHER AND GRANDFATHER ARE MENTIONED SIMPLY AS MAHARAJAS.

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THE KING WHO PLAYED THE VEENA?

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SAMUDRAGUPTA.

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KALIDASA WAS COURT POET OF?

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CHANDRAGUPTA 2 (SON OF SAMUDRAGUPTA).

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WHICH GUPTA KING LED EXPEDITION TO WESTERN INDIA WHERE HE OVERCAME THE LAST OF THE SHAKAS?

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CHANDRAGUPTA 2 (SON OF SAMUDRAGUPTA).

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HARSHACHARITA IS WRITTEN BY?

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BANABHATTA WROTE BIOGRAPHY OF HARSHAVARDHANA - HARSHACHARITA IN SANSKRIT.
THIS GIVES US THE GENEALOGY OF HARSHA AND ENDS WITH HIS BECOMING KING.

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WHICH CHINESE PILGRIM SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT HARSHAVARDHANA’S COURT?

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XUAN ZANG.
HARSHA RULED NEARLY 1400 YEARS AGO.

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HOW DID HARSHAVARDHANA BECAME KING?

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HE WAS NOT THE ELDEST SON OF HIS FATHER BUT BECAME KING OF THANESAR AFTER BOTH HIS FATHER AND ELDER BROTHER DIED.
HIS BROTHER IN LAW WAS THE RULER OF THE KANAUJ AND HE WAS KILLED BY THE RULER OF BENGAL.
HARSHA TOOK OVER THE KINGDOM OF KANAUJ AND THEN LED AN ARMY AGAINST THE RULER OF BENGAL.

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HARSHAVARDHANA SUCCESS IN EAST AND FAILURE IN DECCAN?

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HARSHAVARDHANA WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE EAST AND CONQUERED BOTH MAGADHA AND BENGAL, HE WAS NOT AS SUCCESSFUL ELSEWHERE.
HE TRIED TO CROSS THE NARMADA TO MARCH INTO THE DECCAN BUT WAS STOPPED BY A RULER BELONGING TO THE CHALUKYA DYNASTY, PULAKESHIN 2.

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SPREAD OF PALLAVA KINGDOM?

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SPREAD FROM THE REGION AROUND THEIR CAPITAL KANCHIPURAM, TO THE KAVERI DELTA.

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SPREAD OF CHALUKYAS KINGDOM?

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CENTRED AROUND THE RAICHUR DOAB BETWEEN THE AREAS OF RIVERS KRISHNA AND TUNGABHADRA.

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CAPITAL OF CHALUKYAS?

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AIHOLE.
WAS AN IMPORTANT TRADING AND RELIGIOUS CENTRE.
PALLAVAS AND CHALUKYAS FREQUENTLY RAIDED ONE ANOTHER’S LANDS ESPECIALLY ATTACKING THE CAPITAL CITIES.

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THE BEST KNOWN CHALUKYA RULER WAS?

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PULAKESHIN 2.
HE EVIDENTLY GOT THE KINGDOM FROM HIS UNCLE.

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ACCORDING TO RAVIKIRTI PULAKESHIN 2 LED EXPEDITIONS TO?

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BOTH WEST AND THE EAST COASTS.
HE ALSO ATTACKED THE PALLAVA KING WHO TOOK SHELTER BEHIND THE WALLS OF KANCHIPURAM.

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PALLAVAS AND CHALUKYAS GAVE WAY TO NEW RULERS?

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BELONGING TO THE RASHTRAKUTA AND CHOLA DYNASTY.

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TERM MAHA-DANDA-NAYAKA MEANS?

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CHIEF JUDICIAL OFFICER.
THE POET HARISHENA WAS A MAHA DANDA NAYAKA LIKE HIS FATHER.
THIS POST WAS HEREDITARY.

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TERM KUMAR AMATYA MEANS?

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MEANS AN IMPORTANT MINISTER.
POET HARISHENA WAS ALSO A KUMAR AMATYA.

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TERM SANDHI VIGRAHIKA IN ANCIENT INDIA MEANS?

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MINISTER OF WAR AND PEACE.
HARISHENA THE POET WAS ALSO A SANDHI VIGRAHIKA.

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NAGARA SHRESHTHI MEANING IN GUPTA PERIOD?

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CHIEF BANKER OR MERCHANT OF THE CITY.
THEY HAD A SAY IN LOCAL (CITY) ADMINISTRATION.

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SARTHAVAHA MEANING IN ANCIENT INDIA?

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LEADER OF THE MERCHANT CARAVANS.
THEY HAD A SAY IN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

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TERM PRATHAMA KULIKA IN ANCIENT INDIA MEANS?

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CHIEF CRAFTSMAN.
THEY HAD A SAY IN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

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TERM KAYASTHAS IN ANCIENT INDIA MEANS?

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SCRIBES.
HEAD OF THE KAYASTHAS HAD A SAY IN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

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WHO WERE SAMANTAS AND WHAT WERE THEIR ROLE?

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1 MILITARY LEADERS WERE NOT PAID REGULAR SALARIES.
2 SOME OF THEM RECIEVED GRANTS OF LAND.
3 THEY COLLECTED REVENUE FROM THE LAND AND USED THIS TO MAINTAIN SOLDIERS AND HORSES AND PROVIDE EQUIPMENT FOR WARFARE. THESE MEN WERE KNOWN AS SAMANTAS.

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SABHAS ARE MENTIONED IN WHICH INSCRIPTION?

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THE INSCRIPTION OF PALLAVAS MENTION A NUMBER OF LOCAL ASSEMBLIES.
UTTARAMERUR INSCRIPTION IN CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT TAMIL NADU.

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WHAT WERE SABHAS IN ANCIENT INDIA?

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SABHAS WAS AN ASSEMBLY OF BRAHMIN LAND OWNERS IN SOUTHERN INDIA.
THIS ASSEMBLY FUNCTIONED THROUGH SUB COMMITTEES.
YOUNG BOY PICKS TICKET OF PALM LEAFS FROM EARTHENWARE POT FOR EACH SUBCOMMITTEE.

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WHAT WAS UR?

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UR WAS A VILLAGE ASSEMBLY FOUND IN AREAS WHERE THE LAND OWNERS WERE NOT BRAHMINS.
IN SOUTH INDIA.

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WHAT WAS NAGARAM IN ANCIENT INDIA?

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NAGARAM WAS AN ORGANIZATION OF MERCHANTS IN SOUTHERN INDIA.
IT IS LIKELY THAT THESE ASSEMBLIES WERE CONTROLLED BY RICH POWERFUL MERCHANTS AND LANDOWNERS.
NAGARAMS OCCASSIONALLY PERFORMED ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS IN THE TOWN.

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INTERESTING FEATURE ABOUT KALIDASA PLAYS?

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KING AND MOST BRAHMINS ARE SHOWN SPEAKING AS SANSKRIT WHILE WOMEN AND MEN OTHER THAN KING AND BRAHMINS USE PRAKRIT.

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ABHIJNANA SHAKUNTALAM IS A PLAY WRITTEN BY?

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KALIDASA.

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STORY OF ABHIJNANA SHAKUNTALAAM?

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LOVE STORY OF KING DUSHYANTA AND SHAKUNTALA.
COVERS THE PLIGHT OF POOR FISHERMAN WHO FOUND THE RING GIFTED BY KING DUSHYANTA TO SHAKUNTALA.
HE WENT TO PALACE TO RETURN IT BUT WAS ACCUSED OF THEFT BY GATEMEN AND CHIEF POLICE OFFICER.
BUT KING REWARDED HIM AND THE CHIEF POLICE OFFICER AND GATEMEN ASKED HIM TO SHARE THE REWARD. - COVERS CORRUPTION AND OPPRESSION.

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WHICH CHINESE PILGRIM NOTICED THE PLIGHT OF THOSE WHO WERE TREATED AS UNTOUCHABLES?

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FA XIAN.
HE WRITES IF SUCH A MAN ENTERS A TOWN OR A MARKET PLACE, HE STRIKES A PIECE OF WOOD, IN ORDER TO KEEP HIMSELF SEPARATE; PEOPLE, HEARING THIS SOUND, KNOW WHAT IT MEANS AND AVOID TOUCHING HIM OR BRUSHING AGAINST HIM.

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WHO ARE BEDOUINS?

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ARAB PASTORAL TRIBES

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BEGINNING OF GUPTA DYNASTY?

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ABOUT 1700 YEARS AGO.

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