Question

Why was the period of The Golden Age of India, also known as the Gupta Empire, given this honorable name?

1) They advanced mathematics by establishing the use of numbers 1 through 9 and zero as a placeholder.
2) They followed astronomy but came short of concluding the earth rotates on an axis.
3) Buddhist and Hindu shrines and temples with beautiful architecture are evidence of magnificent work.
4) Paintings using the technique of fresco were copied by neighboring countries.
5) The ancient Indian literature, written in Sanskrit, peaked during this Empire.

Answer 1

3. Buddhist and Hindu shrines and temples with beautiful architecture are evidence of magnificent work.

Answer 2

Option 5, is the right answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gupta empire was one of the empires of Ancient India. It was founded by Sri Gupta. This period is regarded as the Golden Period in the history of Ancient India. Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, and Chandragupta II, were some of the prominent rulers belonging to this dynasty. The kings of this dynasty granted political synthesis to a extended part of north India for about two centuries, they carried their rule rightly and helped in the creation of those provisions which brought to the growth of Sanskrit language and literature, great discoveries and inventions in science, trade and commerce, agriculture, art, technology, engineering, logic, logic, astronomy, religion, mathematics, and philosophy which made this age as the most extraordinary period in the history of Ancient India and presented it a title of the ‘Golden Age’.