The correct answer is C) it helped maintain caste distinctions.
During the Gupta period, people were restricted from marrying within their caste. This practice affected society during this time in that it helped maintain caste distinctions.
The Gupta Empire was one of the most important empires in India from the end of the 3rd century to the end of the 6th century. Under this empire, India lived its Golden Days. Under the Gupta case system that always was preserved, at the top of the caste hierarchy were the Brahmins or priest, then the Kshatriyas who were the warriors or rulers. After them, the Vaisyas, merchants and traders. Next in the descendant line, the Sudras who were workers. And at the bottom of the pyramid, the Pariah, the poor.
The case Plessey v. Ferguson decided that it was legal for public schools in the United States could be segregated by race. It was late overturned by Brown v. Board of ED.
The correct answers are a. learning and the arts flourished, supported by the thriving gupta economy and c. gupta artisans produced goods sold locally and as far away as the middle east and southeast asia
D)The ruling undermined the idea of free labor and supported slave labor" since it stated that slaves could not sue for their freedom in court, even if they were in free states.
