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Which of the following dynasties does NOT belong to the Sangam Period?

AChera

BPandya

CGupta

DChola

Answer:

C. Gupta

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Gupta dynasty was a major power in Northern India, not South India. Gupta dynasty, rulers of the Magadha (now Bihar) state in northeastern India. They maintained an empire over northern and parts of central and western India from the early 4th to the late 6th century ce. Historians once regarded the Gupta period as the classical age of India—during which the norms of Indian literature, art, architecture, and philosophy were established—but many of those assumptions have been challenged by more extensive studies of Indian society and culture between the Mauryan and Gupta periods. Among the products traditionally thought to be from the Gupta era were the decimal system of notation, the great Sanskrit epics, and Hindu art, along with contributions to the sciences of astronomy, mathematics, and metallurgy.


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In the ancient period South Indian regions were generally known as :

Choose all the correct statements about the Sangam period:

  1. The Sangam period covers the history of ancient Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and parts of Sri Lanka from the 6th century BCE to the 3rd century CE.
  2. The term 'Sangam' means 'confluence' and refers to an assembly or academy of learned people in ancient South India.
  3. The Sangam academies were primarily patronized by the Chola kings.