HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Ajmer
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Kannauj
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Dhara
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Delhi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Independent rulers emerged all over the north like Yasodharman of Malwa, the Maukharis of U.P., the Maitrakas in Saurashtra, and others in Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The political factors for the downfall of the Gupta Empire were dynastic dissensions, taxes, foreign invasions, internal rebellions and decentralization. Answer: The economic reasons for the fall of the Gupta Empire were trade with the Mediterranean and loss of western India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Five major powers immersed in north India after the fall of the Guptas. These powers were: The Hunas, The Maukharis, The Maitrakas, The Pushyabhutis, The Gaudas.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many important changes happened in Indian society in the post Gupta period. The land grants facilitated feudal development in India from the fifth century AD onwards. The peasants stayed in the land granted to the feudal lords. The villages transferred to these were termed as Sthana-Jana-Sahita and Janata Samriddha.