GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Chandragupta I
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Chandragupta II
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Samudragupta
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Skandagupta
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: a) Samudra Gupta celebrated his victory by performing the Ashvamedha Yagna.
Detailed explanation-2: -Samudragupta inflamed the Gupta Empire by winning a series of battles till he was a master of northern India. Soon he conquered the kings of Vindhyan state (now in central India) and Deccan. He performed the Ashwamedha Yagna (Horse sacrifice ceremony) which is marked on some of his coins.
Detailed explanation-3: -Samudragupta performed Ashwamedha yajna.
Detailed explanation-4: -Twice he led his expeditions in the North; in the first, Samudragupta vanquished three kings and in the second, he defeated nine kings altogether. He seems to have advanced as far as the Chambal and all the kings of this region were killed and their territories were incorporated into the Gupta Empire.
Detailed explanation-5: -It was performed by rulers to prove their imperial sovereignty. In this ritual, a horse was left to wander for a year. Anyone could challenge the authority of the king by fighting with the warriors who travelled with the horse.