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Question
Picture study: This is a picture of the Iron Pillar.
- Who built it?
- Where is it situated?
- Why is it called ‘rustless wonder’?
- Its specially
- Name of which ruler is inscribed on it?
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Solution
- Chandragupta II
- Mehrauli. Delhi
- It is called rustless wonder because it has not rusted yet. rather still shines.
- It shows the progress of the Gupta ruler in the field of metallurgy.
- Chandra
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| 1 | Sakari | (a) | Great Astronomers |
| 2 | Tamralipti | (b) | Wrote Panchtantra |
| 3 | Abhijnana Shakuntalam | (c) | Were Worshipper of Vishnu |
| 4 | Allahabad pillar inscription | (d) | Harisena |
| 5 | Frescoes | (e) | Writter by Kalidas |
| 6 | Vishnu Sharma | (f) | Title given to Chandragupta II |
| 7 | Java, Sumatra, Cambodia | (g) | Famous port during the Gupta Period |
| 8 | Gupta rulers | (h) | Ajanta Caves |
| 9 | Aryabhatta and Varahmihira | (i) | Guptas had trade relation with these countries |
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Chandragupta I ruled from AD 375 to AD 415.
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| 1. Kalidasa | (a) Physician |
| 2. Nalanda | (b) Mehrauli |
| 3. Aryabhatta | (c) Buddhist learning |
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