Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

History Optional PYQ Master Pack · Model answer

Throw light on the condition of common man in the Gupta period.

  • UPSC 2007
  • Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas

Unlock the full answer · ₹1,499 ↓

The label "Golden Age," coined for the Gupta era on the strength of its art, literature and philosophy, tells us little about how the ordinary peasant, artisan or labourer actually lived. When the question is narrowed from courtly achievement to the material condition of the common man — access to land, revenue burdens, village administration,…

You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of the History Optional PYQ Master Pack.

What the full answer covers

  • Land, agriculture and the categories of holding
  • The land-grant system and the changing peasant-state relationship
  • The tax burden on the village
  • Village-level administration and the erosion of central oversight
  • Wages, labour and unfreedom
  • Guild-based crafts and urban-commercial contraction
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion
History Optional PYQ Master Pack

History Optional PYQ Master Pack

Unlock this answer and 1,350+ more

  • 1,350+ solved UPSC History Optional PYQs from 1985 to 2025, Paper-1 and Paper-2
  • Topic-wise across Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Post-Independence and World History
  • Model answers with a clear structure and historian citations
  • Map section solutions included, at no extra cost
  • Read online on lotusarise.com, plus PDF download

₹1,499₹2,50040% off

Get History Optional PYQ Master Pack @ ₹1,499 →

One-time payment · No subscription · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay

See every Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas question (61 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in