9. Use the diagram below to answer the question. A. Introduction of democratic practices
B. Destruction of river civilizations
C. Establishment of social hierarchies
D. Disappearance of tribal societies

C. Establishment of social hierarchies

arresting and exicuting citizens

explanation:

these are the geographical features of the gupta empire.

1)it inherited the land owned by the mauryan empire.

2)one obvious difference between the two empires is that the gupta empire was smaller that the mauryan.

3)the gupta empire is located in the northern region of the subcontinent underneath the himalayan and hindu kush mountains.

the gupta empire, marked by extensive inventions and discoveries that contributed to hindu culture, in subjects such as science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.

this period was also known as the golden age of india