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The Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II was:

  1. A.Hiuen Tsang
  2. B.Fa-Hien
  3. C.I-tsing
  4. D.Megasthenes

Correct answer

B. Fa-Hien

Explanation

The correct answer is B, Fa-Hien. Fa-Hien came to India in search of Buddhist texts and travelled through the Gupta dominions during the reign of Chandragupta II. His account describes a peaceful realm with light punishments, notes that people could travel without passes, records charitable hospitals at Pataliputra, and also reports that Chandalas lived outside towns and had to strike wood to warn others of their approach.

Option A, Hiuen Tsang, came two centuries later in the seventh century, during the reign of Harshavardhana, and studied at Nalanda. Option C, I-tsing, also belongs to the seventh century and wrote about monastic practice in India and the islands of South East Asia. Option D, Megasthenes, was not Chinese at all: he was the Greek ambassador of Seleucus Nicator at the Mauryan court of Chandragupta Maurya and wrote the Indica.

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Which dynasty ruled India between 320 AD and 550 AD?

  1. A.Mauryan Dynasty
  2. B.Hoysala Dynasty
  3. C.Magadha Dynasty
  4. D.Gupta Dynasty
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Correct answer: D. Gupta Dynasty

Gupta imperial rule is conventionally dated from about 320 CE, the epoch of the Gupta era that begins with the accession of Chandragupta I, and it faded out by about 550 CE after the Huna invasions.