INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

GS History Modern India
Q.

Consider the following statements.

1. The earliest evidence for the practice of sati comes from the Gupta period.

2. ‘Sreni’ became a popular commercial phenomenon under the Gupta period.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Explanation:
  • Guilds, (nigama, sreni) continued as the major institution in the manufacture of goods and in commercial enterprise. They remained almost autonomous in their internal organization, the govern­ment respecting their laws which were generally drafted by a larger body, the corporation of guilds, of which each guild was a member. The practice of sati (self-immolation at the funeral pyre of the husband) gained approval of the jurists.

Thus, Option C is Correct

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