Vardhana and Chola Dynasty Vardhana and Chola Dynasty 1 / 17 Which of the following plays was not written by Harshavardhana? Vikramorvasiyam Ratnavali Nagananda Priyadarshika (a) Vikramorvasiyam is a romantic play written by Kalidasa, based on the legend of King Pururava and an Apsara named Urvashi. Kalidasa’s works Abhijnanasakuntalam, include: Malavikagnimitram, Kumarasambhavam. 2 / 17 Pulakeshin 2 assumed the title of Dakshimapatheshvara (lord of the south) after deafeating which of the following rulers of north India? Rudrasena 2 Harshavardhana Dhruvasena 2 Prabhakarvardhana Harshavardhana (606-647 AD) belonged to the Pushyabhuti dynasty. He wanted to extend his power in the Deccan but he was defeated by Pulakesin II. 3 / 17 Pushyabhuti dynasty after Prabhakarvardhana strenghtened its position in the regions of Punjab and haryana after defeating which of the following dynasties? Maukharis Hunas chalukyas Maitrakas b) Hunas. The Pushyabhuti dynasty (Vardhana dynasty) ruled northern India during the 6th and 7th centuries, emerging after the Gupta Empire’s decline. Its core territory was In present-day Haryana, with Sthanishvara (Thaneshwar) as the capital. The dynasty reached its peak under Harsha Vardhana, who reigned from 606 to 647 AD. 4 / 17 Thaneswar where the Vardhana dynasty ruled around the present-day state of —–? Madhya Pradesh Haryana Rajasthan Gujarat (b) Haryana. 5 / 17 According to which of the following foreign travellers did Dhruvasena 2 attend Harsha’s assembly at Prayag? Marco polo Hien Tsang Fa-Hien I-tsing (b) Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) – Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled from China to India to study Buddhism and obtain Buddhist scriptures during the reign of King Harsha Vardhan. Assembly of Prayag (Maha Moksha Parishad) Harsha Vardhan gave all his belongings in charity for the welfare of the public. 6 / 17 One of the greatest of Chola rulers Rajaraja 1 ruled from 985AD to —–? 1015AD 1017AD 1014AD 1018AD (c) 1014 AD. The Chola Empire was founded by Vijayalaya. Rajaraja I was known for his conquests of South India and parts of Sri Lanka. He built the great Brihadisvara Temple at the Chola capital Thanjavur. 7 / 17 Which of the following animals was the emblem of the Chola dynasty? Wolf Horse Elephant Tiger (d) Tiger. Three dynasties ruled during the Sangam Age. Cheras: Modern-Day City (Kerala), Ancient Capital (Vanj), important Ports (Musiri, Tondi). Emblem (Bow and Arrow). Cholas: Modern-Day City (Tamil Nadu), Ancient Capital (Uraiyur, Puhar), Important Ports (Kaveripattinam). Pandyas: Modern-Day City (Tamil Nadu), Ancient Capital (Madurai). Important Ports (Muziris (Muchiri), Korkai, Kaveri), Emblem (Carp). 8 / 17 Brihadiswara Temple of Tanjore was built by which of the following Chole emperors? Vijayalaya Chamunda Raya Rajendra 1 Raja Raja Chola (d) Raja Raja Chola. The Brihadisvara Ternple (Dravidian-style) also known as Raja Rajeswara Temple is dedicated to Shiva. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. 9 / 17 Which among the following Chola emperors defeated the Pandya king Maravarman Rajsimha 2 in the battle of Vellore? Parantaka 1 Rajendra 1 Rajaraja1 Vijayalaya (a) Parantaka I. Rajaraja , the On of Parantaka II, is the most celebrated of the Chola kings and ascended the throne in 985 AD. Rajendra I, the son of Rajaraja I, became the first Chola king to venture to the banks of the Ganges, earning the title Victor of the Ganges. 10 / 17 Name the Chola inscription that provided details of the way in which the sabha was organised in the local administration in the Chola Empire? Thirunanthikarai inscription Thiruvalangadu inscription Darsanam Koppu inscription Uttaramerur inscription .(d) Uttaramerur inscription. It dated 919 CE and 921 CE of the Chola king Parantaka provides evidence of India’s long history of democratic government. 11 / 17 In the 11th century the army of which of the following Cholas reached upto Ganga to invade Bengal? Rajendra 1 Rajaraja 1 Vijayalaya Rajadhiraj 1 (a) Rajendra I (1014 and 1044 CE) – He was also known as Gangaikonda Chola. He defeated Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal and Bihar. 12 / 17 Who among the following rulers invaded Malaya to liberate their trade with China? Pallava Chola Chalukya Rashtrakuta (b) Chola dynasty. 13 / 17 Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was a contemporary of which Chola King? Rajaraja 1 Rajendra 2 Rajadhiraja Rajendra 1 (d) Rajendra I who ruled from 1014 to 1044 CE. Ghazni invaded India seventeen times. In 1018 he plundered the holy city of Mathura and also attacked Kannauj. 14 / 17 In the early eleventh century the Chola king Rajendra 1 built a Shiva temple and filled it with a Sun-pedestal seized from the —–? Palas Vakatakas Chalukyas Kalingas (c) Chalukyas. Chola king Rajendra- (reigned between 1014 and 1044 CE) built a Shiva temple in his capital, Gangaikondacholapuram (north Tamil Nadu) and filled it with prized statues seized from deteated rulers such as Sun-pedestal (Chalukyas), a Ganesha statue and several statues of Durga, a Nandı statue, an image of Bhairava and Bhairavi (Kalingas of Orissa). and a Kali statue (alas of Bengal). 15 / 17 Who among the following belonged to the ancient chiefly family of the cholas from Uraiyur captured the Kaveri delta from the Muttaraiyar in the middle of the ninth century? Gandaraditya Vijayalaya Parantaka 1 Aditya 1 (b) Vijayalaya founded the Chola Empire and captured Thanjavur (Capital of Chola Empire) in 850 CE. He constructed a temple for the goddess Nishumbhasudini in Thanjavur. 16 / 17 Which of the following towns was grown as a temple town during the Chola dyansty? Bhillasvamin Ajmer Ahmedabad Ahmednagar (a) Bhillasvamin. Famous Chola dynasty temples: Moovar Koil(Kodumbalur). Koranganatha (Musiri).Valisvara Temple, Kampaheswarar Temple (Thirubuvanam). All temples mentioned above are in Tamil Nadu. 17 / 17 Which of the following territories to the south and north were made part of the chola Kingdom by the successors of the ruler Vijayalaya? Pallava and Chera Pandyan and Pallava Rashtrakuta and Chera Vakataka and Satavahana (b) Pandaya and Pallava. The Pallava dynasty (275 CE to 897 CE, Capital Kanchipuram) ruled in Deccan(Tondaimandalam). Pandya (Capital Madurai). The Cheras (Capital- Vanji).Greatest ruler of Cheras – Senguttuvan, also known as Red Chera. Your score isThe average score is 85% 0% Restart quiz Tripartite Struggle Tripartite struggle between palas pratiharas rashtrakutas 1 / 16 Who among the following is the hero of the sanskrit historical poem the Ramacharita written by Sandhyakar Nandi? Gopala Devapala Ramapala Dharmapala (c) Ramapala was the successor to the Pala king Shurapala II in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, and 15th ruler of the Pala line. Sandhyakar Nandi was patronaged by Madanapala, ruler of Pala Dynasty. 2 / 16 An inscription Takht-i-Bahi recovered from Mardan near Peshawar indicates the rule of which of the following dynasties in north-western area of present Pakistan? Bactrian Sakas Indo-greek Parthians (d) Parthians (247 BC – 224 AD). It was founded by Arsaces I of Parthia when he rebelled against the Seleucid Empire. They replaced the Sakas in North-Western India. The Takht-i-Bahi inscription, dated in 45 AD, refers to Gondophernes as a Parthian ruler. 3 / 16 Under which of the following Pala king’s patronage the Vikramshila university in 8th century India was founded? Gopala Mahipala 1 Devapala Dharmapala (d) Dharmapala, the second ruler of the Pala Dynasty, ascended the throne around 780 AD after Gopala and expanded the empire significantly. He defeated indrayudha of Kanauj, installing Chakrayudha as his nominee, but later faced defeat by Rashtrakuta king Dhruva near Monghyr, Bihar. 4 / 16 Which of the following statement about the Pala Dynasty of eastern India is Incorrect? Devapala was the grandson of Gopala Dharmapala founded the Valabhi university The Pala kings were the followers of Buddhism The Pala dynasty was founded by Gopala (b) The Vallabhi University was founded by Bhattarka, the king of the Moitraka Empire, not Dharmapala. Pala Dynasty: The Pala dynasty was founded by Gopala, probably around 750 AD. Dharmapala was the second ruler of the Pala Empire. 5 / 16 Who among the following rulers was a part of the Tripartite struggle for the possession of kannauj? Prithvi raj 3 Yashovarman Dharmapala Mahendra pal (c) Dharmapala. The Tripartite Struggle, also known as the Kannauj Triangle Wars, took place in the 8th and9th centuries, between the three dynasties The Palas of Bengal, The Pratiharas of Central India and The Rashtrakutas of Deccan. 6 / 16 Manyakheta or Malkhed was the capital of which of the following kingdoms? Rashtrakuta Shaka Satavahana Kushan (a) Rashtrakuta. Dantidurga was the founder of the Rashtrakuta empire who fixed his capita! at Manyakheta or Malkhed near modern Sholapur. 7 / 16 Which of the following dynasties succeeded the Palas of Bengal? Senas Devas Maukharis Gaudas (a) Senas Dynasty: A hindu dynasty that ruled over eastern Bengal and western Bihar for about two centuries. Important Rulers – Vijaya Sena, Ballal Sena, Lakshmana Sena. Deva dynasty -Ruled over eastern Bengal after the Sena dynasty. 8 / 16 Prithviraj Raso an epic poem about the life of the 12th century India king Prithviraj Chauhan was written by? Chand bardai Banabhatta Bharavi Ashvaghosa Chand Bardai. Mahabharata – ved vyasa, Ramayana – Valmiki, Raghuvamsa – Kalidasa 9 / 16 Siddheshwar Mahadev temple in Bengal depicts the architecture of Which dynasty? Pala dynasty Hussain shahi dynasty Chalukya dynasty Shunga dynasty 10 / 16 The star-shaped temples were built during the reign of ? Hoysala Chaluka Badami Cholas 11 / 16 The rulers of which of following rajput dynasties patronised Jainism and one of them is reported to have accepted Jainism under the influence of a Jain scholar Hemachandra? Pratihara Parmara Chalukya Chahman 12 / 16 The Pala dynasty rulers were primarily patrons of which religion? Buddhist Jain Hindu Islam 13 / 16 Of which of the following Pratihara kings was Rajashekhara the famous poet and dramatist the court poet? Rajapala Devapala Ramabhadra Mahendrapala 14 / 16 In the mid-eighth century Dantidurga a Rashtrakuta chief overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual literally called a —–? Prarthna sabha Golden womb Horse ride Subsidiary alliance 15 / 16 Ravikirti was the court powt of which of the following dynasty rulers? Cholas Cheras Pallavas Chalukyas 16 / 16 Which king of the Pala dynasty defeated Indrayudh and made Chakrayudha as the ruler of Kannauj? Dharmapala Mahendrapala Devapala Gopala Your score isThe average score is 81% 0% Restart quiz
