Chapter 9
Ancient Indian Dynasties and Societies
Exercise-1
Write the answers to the questions below-
(a) Who was the founder of the Maurya dynasty?
Answer: Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of Maurya dynasty.
(b) Who is the author of Arthashastra book?
Answer: Chanakya or Kautilya is the author of Arthashastra Granthkhan.
(c) In which region of present India was the kingdom of Mauryas located?
Answer: The kingdom of the Mauryas spread over the present-day India of Bihar, Andhra, Orissa and West Bengal.
(D) Among the Maurya kings, who is the best king?
Answer: Among the Maurya kings, Ashoka is known as the best king.
(e) Who is the founder of Shringa dynasty?
Answer: The founder of the Sringa dynasty was Pushyamitra Sringa.
(f) Pusyamitra Shung was a colorful person?
Answer: Pushyamitra was a man of Sringa Brahmin caste.
(g) Who is the founder of Gupta Dynasty?
Answer: The founder of the Gupta dynasty was Srigupta.
(h) During the time of the Mauryas, were the high-ranking academicians bullied?
Ans: During the Mauryan era, high-ranking scholars used to be called Amatya Buli Jana.
(j) Who was bullied by high-ranking officials during Ashoka’s reign?
Ans: During the time of Ashoka, there were ten subject Rajuk bullies.
(j) What was the responsibility of Principal Bola subjects?
Answer: Principal Bola was responsible for supervising various departments.
(k) What was the main alphabet during the Mauryas?
Answer: During the Mauryas there were four main castes — Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras.
(1) Who is the best musician of the Gupta dynasty?
Answer: Chandragupta II was the best of the Gupta dynasty.
Exercise-2
Write the answers to the questions below-
(a) Write the name of the Southern Indian dynasty contemporary to the Mauryan dynasty.
Answer: Chola, Chera and Pandya.
(b) What was the capital of the Pandya dynasty?
Answer: The capital of the Pandya dynasty was Madura.
(c) When did Urayu have market power?
Answer: The administrative center of the Chola dynasty was Uraiyu.
(d) What was the area of Cheraskol?
Ans: The Chera dynasty was encroaching on Kerala.
(5) Crow was blind bully Jana?
Ans: Andhra Banshak Andh Buli Jana Goila.
(f) Who is the founder of Chalukya Dynasty?
Answer: The founder of the Chalukya dynasty was Pulakeshin I.
(g) Who was the first king of Pallava dynasty?
Answer: Simavishnu was the first king of Pallava dynasty.
(h) Whose capital was Kanchipuram?
Answer: Kanchipuram was the capital of the Pallavas.
(a) What were the main professions of the people of South India?
Answer: The main occupation of the people of South India was agriculture and sea trade.
Exercise-3
Write the answers to the questions below-
(a) What is the name of the first historical dynasty of ancient Kamarupa?
Answer: The first historical dynasty of ancient Kamarupa is the Burman dynasty.
(b) Who introduced the new song called Kamarupa Bajai Bhaskavabda?
Ans: Kamarupa Baja Bhaskara was a Burmese sculptor who converted Chana.
(c) Who was the best ruler of the Burman dynasty?
Answer: The best king of the Burman dynasty was Vaskara Burman.
(d) Did the Chinese traveler Heuren Chang wear Kamarulai Ketia?
Answer: Hiuen Ch’ang was active in 643 AD.
(5) What is the meaning of the topic?
Ans: The subject can be understood as Buli — the administrative officer appointed by the king.
(f) Write the name of Keitaman notable scholarship of Kamarupa State.
Ans: The major industries of Kamarupa state are — Agriculture, Weaving, Carpentry, Metallurgy.
Exercise-4
Write the answers to the questions below-
(a) What was Gupta Yuga or Golden Age?
Answer: Gupta was the golden age of advancement in education, literature, art and science.
(b) Name of drama written by Kalidasa.
Answer: Abhijanan Shakuntalam, Vikramorvasiyam, Malavikagnimitram.
(c) Who was the author of the present name Prayagvaj Prasativa?
Answer: The current name is the author of the Allahabad inscription, Achil Harisen.
(d) What is the name of the dictionary written by Chandragupta II’s councilor Amarsingha?
Answer: Amar Kosh.
(e) Which commentaries, dramas and poems were originally composed in South India?
Answer: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages.
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