harshavardhana period MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Nimbarakacharya believed in the theory of Bhedaabheda. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu amalgamated the views of all the previous Acaryas in his thesis of Acintya-bhedabheda Tattva explicitly explained by Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana in his Govinda Bhasya of the Vedanta-sutra.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

The correct match list of authors and Kavyas is:

1. Hemachandra - Duyasraya
2. Kavya Jayanka - Prithviraja Vijaya
3. Padmagupta - Navasahshank Charita
4. Sandhyakara - Nandi Ramacharita

Samrat Hemachandra Vikramaditya (also known as HemuVikramaditya, Raja Vikramaditya, or simply Hemu) (1501 – 5 November 1556) was a Hindu emperor of north India during the sixteenth century AD. The Prithviraj Vijay is a contemporary account of the 12th century the Kingdom of Ajmer ruled by the Chauhan clan.

In 1192, outlying portions of the kingdom fell to invading Turks, and the capital Amer later in 1195, but other parts under the Chauhan Rajaputras continued to resist the invaders for more than a century.

The text helps to dispel many myths from that period, that have developed in later writings, for example, the establishment of a Sufi shrine in Ajmer. He was the grandson of Pinaka Nandi and the son of Prajapati Nandi, the Sandhi-Vigrahika (minister of peace and war) of the Pala emperor Ramapala. He wrote the epic poem Ramacharitam.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

The North Indian dynasties that confronted the Rashtrakutas were the Pratiharas and the Palas.

The Pratiharas are believed to be the clan of Rajputs. The greatest ruler of the Pratihara dynasty was Mihir Bhoja. He recovered Kanauj (Kanyakubja) by 836, and it remained the capital of the Pratiharas for almost a century. The Pratihara dynasty started well under the ruler Nagabhatta-I.

Though initially, he had hiccups with the Rashtrakutas, he was able to leave behind a strong State comprising Malwa, parts of Rajputana, and Gujarat

Answer: (d)

The famous commentator of Vedic literature, associated with the Parmaras was Uvata. The Parmar dynasty was an early medieval Indian royal house that ruled over the Malwa region in central India.

This dynasty was founded by Upendra in c. 800; the most significant ruler was Bhoja I. The seat of the Parmar kingdom was Dhangraja, the present-day Dhar city in Madhya Pradesh.