Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes give below the lists: List-1 (Emperor) A) Ashoka B) Samudragupta C) Chandragupta-II D) Skandgupta List-2(Titles) 1) Kaviraja 2) Priyadarsin 3) Kramaditya 4) Vikramadiya

The correct match is A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3, which is option C. Ashoka used the title Priyadarsin (Devanampriya Priyadarsin) in his edicts, so A matches 2. Samudragupta is praised in the Allahabad Prasasti as Kaviraja, a poet-king, so B matches 1. Chandragupta II took the title Vikramaditya, seen in coins and inscriptions, so C matches 4. Skandagupta is associated with Kramaditya, so D matches 3.

• Option A pairs Ashoka with Kaviraja, but Kaviraja belongs to Samudragupta.
• Option B pairs Ashoka with Kramaditya and Chandragupta II with Kaviraja, both swapped.
• Option D pairs Ashoka with Vikramaditya, which is Chandragupta II's title.

The core concept is imperial titles as evidence for political identity. For Mains, titles like these show how the Gupta rulers used royal ideology and court poetry to legitimise power.

Trap: Candidates often confuse Vikramaditya, which is a title shared by many rulers in later legend, with the specific Gupta-era link to Chandragupta II. Anchor each title to its source inscription or coin.