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Answer: Option C. -> Parama-Mahesvara
Answer: (c)
Harsha had assumed the title Parama-Maheswara. An early copper plate grant of king Dantidurga (753) shows an image of God Shiva and the coins of his successor, king Krishna I (768), bear the legend Parama-Maheshwara (another name for Shiva). The kings’ titles such as Veeranarayana showed their Vaishnava leanings.
Their flag had the sign of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, perhaps copied from the Badami Chalukyas.
Answer: (c)
Harsha had assumed the title Parama-Maheswara. An early copper plate grant of king Dantidurga (753) shows an image of God Shiva and the coins of his successor, king Krishna I (768), bear the legend Parama-Maheshwara (another name for Shiva). The kings’ titles such as Veeranarayana showed their Vaishnava leanings.
Their flag had the sign of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, perhaps copied from the Badami Chalukyas.
Answer: Option D. -> Chachnamah
Answer: (d)
Chachnamah provides a vivid description of Sindh. The Chachnamah was written by Kazi Ismail. Kazi Ismail was appointed the first Kazi of Alor by Muhammad Kasim after the conquest of the Sindh. It was translated into Persian by Muhammad Ali bin Hamid bin Abu Bakr Kufi in 1216 CE from an earlier Arabic text.
At one time, it was considered to be a romance until Mountstuart Elphinstone’s observations of its historical veracity. The original work in Arabic is believed to have been composed by the Sakifí family, the kinsmen of Muhammad bin Qasim.
Answer: (d)
Chachnamah provides a vivid description of Sindh. The Chachnamah was written by Kazi Ismail. Kazi Ismail was appointed the first Kazi of Alor by Muhammad Kasim after the conquest of the Sindh. It was translated into Persian by Muhammad Ali bin Hamid bin Abu Bakr Kufi in 1216 CE from an earlier Arabic text.
At one time, it was considered to be a romance until Mountstuart Elphinstone’s observations of its historical veracity. The original work in Arabic is believed to have been composed by the Sakifí family, the kinsmen of Muhammad bin Qasim.
Answer: Option B. -> Chandelas
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option B. -> Rashtrakutas
Answer: (b)
Rashtrakutas adopted Garuda as a dynastic emblem after the imperial Gupta.
Silver coins of the Gupta kings Chandragupta II and his son Kumargupta I adopted the Western Satrap design (itself derived from the Indo-Greeks) with bust of the ruler and Pseudo-Greek inscription on the obverse, and a royal eagle (Garuda, the dynastic symbol of the Guptas) replacing the Chaitya hill with star and crescent on the reverse.
Answer: (b)
Rashtrakutas adopted Garuda as a dynastic emblem after the imperial Gupta.
Silver coins of the Gupta kings Chandragupta II and his son Kumargupta I adopted the Western Satrap design (itself derived from the Indo-Greeks) with bust of the ruler and Pseudo-Greek inscription on the obverse, and a royal eagle (Garuda, the dynastic symbol of the Guptas) replacing the Chaitya hill with star and crescent on the reverse.
Answer: Option B. -> Vishakhadatta
Answer: (b)
Vishakhadatta exposed the evils of contemporary society through his satirical writings. There is no unanimity among the authorities on the date of Mudrarakshasa.
However, the majority of them are in favor of assigning the composition of this Sanskrit work to the 4th–5th centuries AD. The Minister Signet’s Ring centers around the schemes of the wily Chankya to frustrate the plots of Raksasa, the minister of Dhanananda, the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty.
Answer: (b)
Vishakhadatta exposed the evils of contemporary society through his satirical writings. There is no unanimity among the authorities on the date of Mudrarakshasa.
However, the majority of them are in favor of assigning the composition of this Sanskrit work to the 4th–5th centuries AD. The Minister Signet’s Ring centers around the schemes of the wily Chankya to frustrate the plots of Raksasa, the minister of Dhanananda, the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty.
Answer: Option A. -> Mahavastu
Answer: (a)
Mahavastu is not a work on architecture. Mahavastu is a more refined version of Vastu Shastra. Vastu Shastra is a very old subject that didn’t have a proper procedure to apply the beneficial wisdom in modern lifestyle.
Due to a lack of proper research and documentation of results, it has never been possible to give it a scientific working procedure.
Answer: (a)
Mahavastu is not a work on architecture. Mahavastu is a more refined version of Vastu Shastra. Vastu Shastra is a very old subject that didn’t have a proper procedure to apply the beneficial wisdom in modern lifestyle.
Due to a lack of proper research and documentation of results, it has never been possible to give it a scientific working procedure.
Answer: Option B. -> One leg is bent and the body is slightly but oppositely curved at waist and neck
Answer: (b)The pose ‘Tribhanga’is the favourite posture of Lord Krishna. We have often seen Lord Krishna standing in tribhanga posture before his cow ‘Kamdhenu’ or whenever he is playing his flute. He is often called Tribhana Murari.
Answer: (b)The pose ‘Tribhanga’is the favourite posture of Lord Krishna. We have often seen Lord Krishna standing in tribhanga posture before his cow ‘Kamdhenu’ or whenever he is playing his flute. He is often called Tribhana Murari.
Answer: Option B. -> Gahadavalas
Answer: (b)
Gahadavalas levied Turushka-danda. Gahadavala dynasty rule of the district is proved by the discovery atKudarkot of a copper plate grant dated in the reign of Chandradeva.
Chandradeva founded the Gahadavala dynasty at Kanyakubja after defeating a chief named Gopala of the Tuar clan. His jurisdiction extended over nearly all of what is modern Uttar Pradesh including this district.
Answer: (b)
Gahadavalas levied Turushka-danda. Gahadavala dynasty rule of the district is proved by the discovery atKudarkot of a copper plate grant dated in the reign of Chandradeva.
Chandradeva founded the Gahadavala dynasty at Kanyakubja after defeating a chief named Gopala of the Tuar clan. His jurisdiction extended over nearly all of what is modern Uttar Pradesh including this district.
Answer: Option B. -> Prithviraj Raso
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option B. -> Dhanga
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)