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Question
Who was Fa-Hien? What does he tells us about the people of India?
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Solution
Fa-Hien was a Chinese scholar. He came to India from China during the reign of Chandragupta II.
He tells us that people of India were honest, secure, prosperous and happy. Criminals were not punished but fined. Taxes were light. There was no spy system.
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| Column A | Column B | ||
| 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 |
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| 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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