Identify the statements which are True:
A. Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador to Samudra Gupta.
B. Cholas and Pandyas were in North India.
C. Rise of Pallavas in Tamil Nadu.
D. Harshvardhana was king of Kanauj.
E. The Gupta rule began in 320 C.E.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → C, D, E only
A. Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador to Samudra Gupta. Incorrect. Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya, and his account survives in fragments. Samudragupta ruled much later, in c. 335-375 CE.
B. Cholas and Pandyas were in North India. Incorrect. The chiefdoms of the Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas were in Tamilakam, the ancient Tamil country in the south, which included parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh and Kerala besides Tamil Nadu.
C. Rise of Pallavas in Tamil Nadu. Correct. The chapter timeline places the rise of the Pallavas in Tamil Nadu, along with that of the Chalukyas in Karnataka, in c. 500-600 CE.
D. Harshvardhana was king of Kanauj. Correct. Harshavardhana was king of Kanauj in c. 606-647 CE; his biography, the Harshacharita, was composed in Sanskrit by his court poet Banabhatta.
E. The Gupta rule began in 320 C.E. Correct. The timeline gives c. 320 CE as the beginning of Gupta rule.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 Finding out about the Mauryas … Historians have used a variety of sources to reconstruct the history of the Mauryan Empire. These include archaeological finds, especially sculpture. Also valuable are contemporary works, such as the account of Megasthenes (a Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya), which survives in fragments. Another source that is often used is the Arthashastra, parts of which were probably composed by Kautilya or Chanakya, traditionally believed to be the minister of Chandragupta.… 4.1 Chiefs and kings in the south … The new kingdoms that emerged in the Deccan and further south, including the chiefdoms of the Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas in Tamilakam (the name of the ancient Tamil country, which included parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, in addition to Tamil Nadu), proved to be stable and prosperous. …The Harshacharita is a biography of Harshavardhana, the ruler of Kanauj (see Map 3), composed in Sanskrit by his court poet, Banabhatta (c. seventh century CE ).…”
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