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Question : 31
Harsha had assumed the title
a) Parama-Saugata
b) Parama-Bhagavata
c) Parama-Mahesvara
d) Parama-Adityabhah
Answer »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.
Question : 32
Who of the following adopted Garuda’ as dynasty emblem after the imperial Guptas?
a) Shilaharas
b) Rashtrakutas
c) Western Chalukyas
d) Chedis
Answer »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.
Question : 33
Who among the following exposed evils of the contemporary society by his satirical writings?
a) Kalhana
b) Vishakhadatta
c) Banabhatta
d) Kshemendra
Answer »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.
Question : 34
Which ofthe following sources provides a vivid description of Sindh?
a) Insha-i-mehru
b) Khazainul Futuh
c) Tarikh-i-Firoz-Shahi
d) Chachnamah
Answer »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.
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