harshavardhana period MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

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: (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: (b)

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: (b)

A Chalukya inscription is dated in the year 556 of the Saka era. It’s equivalent to 478 AD. This undated inscription belongs to the reign of the Chalukyas king Vijayaditya Satyasraya. It registers the grant of 20 matters of red soil, a matter of wetland, and 2 matters of the garden land total rear by Vikramaditya, the uncle of Banarja when the latter was ruling Turamaravishaya as the king’s feudatory.

It also states that Vikramaditya had the birudas Taruna-Vasantan and Samanta-kesari and that he was ruling Ayiradi. The inscription was written by Singutti.

Answer: (b)

Kulothunga I Chola ruler had persecuted Ramanuja and ousted him from his kingdom. Ramanuja was the contemporary of Kulothunga II. It is Kulothunga II who banished Ramanuja from Tamil country and the latter had to seek refuge in Melkote, Karnataka.

Hence even bringing Ramunaja into Athirajendra’s death would cause more confusion. Till Kulothunga II, all the Chola kings and emperors supported all the religions equally although they were staunch Saivites.