Social Status in Gupta Period


 
 
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Social Status In Gupta Period

Social Status

  • The Gupta society was divided into four varnas -  Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. But now the basis is not karma but the birth
  • Brahmin was the supreme vama of the society.  In this period, the Shudras too started adopting military instincts
  • Kautilya in Arthashastra and Varshamihira in the Vrihatsamhita have arranged separate residences for the four classes
  • According to Vidhi Samritihita, Brahman should be tested with Libra, Kshatriyas with fire, Vaishyas with water and Shudras with poison
  • In Yajnavalkya Smriti, the Shudras were allowed to adopt trade, workmanship and agri-business
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    Question : 1

    In ______________ the Shudras were allowed to adopt trade, workmanship and agri-business.

    Right Option : B
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    Question : 2

    The Yajnavalkya Smriti ,  also from the Gupta era, and the Vishnu Smriti describe_________________  as record-keepers and accountants, but not as jatis or caste.

    Right Option : C
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    Question : 3

    Changing business has been called ___________ in Smriti texts. Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas had the right to change occupations in the emergency.

    Right Option : D
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