A) Lakshmi
B) Varaha
C) Garuda
D) Bull
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
The royal emblem used by the Gupta period was Garuda. Most people now realize that Rapson was mistaken in identifying the central bird as a peacock; rather it is the mythic eagle Gamda, the dynastic symbol of the Guptas. For example, A.S. Altekar at says that the three-arched hill in the centre is replaced by Garuda, which was the imperial insignia of the Guptas. The view of earlier writers that the bird is a peacock is clearly untenable.
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