Which of these events IMMEDIATELY followed the fall of the Mauryan Empire?

• Chandragupta I came to power.

• The Guptas divided the empire into provinces.

• India broke apart into separate kingdoms.

• The Guptas fought among themselves for power.

Ancient India was united for the second time under which empire?

• Golden Age

• Mauryan

• Ajanta

• Gupta

The first Gupta ruler who reunited northern India after the Maurya Empire declined

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Chandra Gupta 1

• Samudra Gupta

• Chandra Gupta 2

Chandra Gupta has a relation with Chandra Gupta Maurya?

• True

• False

How did the Guptas give local areas more independence than the Mauryas?

• Royal governors were allowed to take turns being the king.

• The Guptas set up a central government to rule the empire.

• The Guptas set up provinces in which leaders could make many of their own decisions.

• The Guptas set up provinces that made decisions for the central government.

What was the period during the Gupta Empire called?

• The great famine age

• The literature age

• The golden age

• The palm-leaf age

Why have many historians called Gupta rule a golden age?

• because the Guptas were gold miners

• because advances in arts and sciences took place

• because archaeologists discovered gold artifacts

• because Gupta rule was relatively short-lived

Which of the following was an important Gupta contribution in mathematics?

• counting to nine

• developing the decimal system

• shaping iron pillars

• subtracting numbers

Which religion was most popular in the Gupta Empire?

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Jainism

Why was the Gupta Empire a time of creativity, art, and educational advances, and inventions?

• The people ate all organic so they were smarter.

• It was a time of peace so the people were able to focus

• The government forced it upon the people.