UGC NET History Practice Question

The royal title Devaputra (Son of Heaven) was adopted by rulers of which dynasty, reflecting Central Asian influences?

Mauryan

Kushana ✓

Satavahana

Gupta

Kushana rulers, notably Kanishka, adopted the title Devaputra ("Son of Heaven/God"), echoing Chinese and Central Asian royal ideology — reflecting the Kushanas' Central Asian origins and their cosmopolitan, cross-cultural conception of kingship.

Which inscription mentions the military victories of Samudragupta over nine kings of Aryavarta and twelve kings of Dakshinapatha?

Eran Inscription

Allahabad Pillar Inscription ✓

Bhitari Inscription

Mathura Inscription

The Allahabad Pillar Inscription (Prashasti composed by Harisena) is the principal source detailing Samudragupta's conquests, listing his victories over rulers of Aryavarta (north) and Dakshinapatha (south) — the single most important source for reconstructing his military career.

The Nalanda copper plate grant of Samudragupta mentions which official in charge of issuing land charters?

Mahadandanayaka

Kumaramatya ✓

Sandhivigrahika

Gopta

The Nalanda copper plate grant records a Kumaramatya (a high-ranking Gupta administrative official, often a prince or senior officer) involved in issuing the land charter, illustrating the Gupta bureaucratic hierarchy responsible for land grants.

The Capital of the Western Kshatrapas during the peak of their rule in Western India was located at:

Ujjain ✓

Vidisha

Bharuch

Junagadh

Ujjain (Ujjayini) served as the principal capital of the Western Kshatrapas (Saka Kshatrapas) at the height of their power, particularly under Rudradaman I and his successors, and was a major commercial and political center of western India.

Ashoka appointed special imperial officers to spread and monitor Dhamma across his empire. What were they called?

Rajukas

Yuktas

Dhamma Mahamattas ✓

Pradeshikas

Ashoka created a new cadre of officials, the Dhamma Mahamattas, specifically tasked with propagating and supervising adherence to Dhamma across all sections of society — a distinctive administrative innovation tied to his post-Kalinga policy shift.

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