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Which Gupta ruler successfully resisted the first major Huna incursions into the empire?

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Skandagupta successfully resisted major Huna pressure in the mid-fifth century and is remembered as the last powerful ruler of the imperial Gupta line. This question belongs to the Gupta and post-Gupta phase, a period reconstructed through inscriptions, coins, monuments, literary works, scientific texts and accounts of foreign travellers. A reliable answer must connect the named ruler, author, work, institution, title or event with the correct chronology and source. The Gupta age is often described as a classical or golden age because of important achievements in Sanskrit literature, temple architecture, sculpture, astronomy and mathematics, but the label should not conceal regional diversity or social and political change.

ASkandagupta
BKumaragupta I
CChandragupta II
DVishnugupta
Correct Answer: SkandaguptaYour Answer: A

Explanation

Skandagupta successfully resisted major Huna pressure in the mid-fifth century and is remembered as the last powerful ruler of the imperial Gupta line. Kumaragupta I preceded him, Chandragupta II is noted for defeating the Western Kshatrapas, and Vishnugupta was a much later ruler. The incorrect choices are plausible only at a broad level; each belongs to a different author, ruler, monument, office, text or historical phase.

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