harshavardhan period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (d)

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.

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.