Chap 8 (TN 11)

Question 1

pyq themes

Answer 1

1. who led foundation of empire ex. rashtrakutas

2. ruler - religion connection ex. ikshvaku antagonistic to buddhism

Question 2

What are literary & epigraphical sources of harshavardhana?

Answer 2

Literary

• Bana’s Harshacharita
• Hieun Tsang’s Si-Yu-ki

epigraphical

• madhuban
• sonpat
• banskhera
• nalanda
• aihole

Question 3

which is the first formal biography of a king

Answer 3

bana’s harshcharita

introduced new literary genre

Question 4

who was founder of vardhana dynasty?

Answer 4

Pushybhuti -> was military general in guptas empire

Question 5

what was initial capital of vardhanas ? who shifted it ? why?

Answer 5

initial -> thaneshwar

harshavardhan shifted it to kanauj as thaneshwar was suceptible to attacks from northwest.

Question 6

related PYQs?

Answer 6

• as wrong option in ashoka’s inscription
• true or false -> Amarasimha is associated with Harshavardhana
• true or false -> Sthaneshwara is in Uttar Pradesh

Question 7

who was influential in converting harsha in buddhism?

Answer 7

• his sister rajyasri
• harsha also saved her from her one sided lover
• was initially siva worshipper

Question 8

who defeated harsha?what was territory? which title did he took after defeating harsha?

Answer 8

chalukya king pulkeshin 2 of deccan region

took title parameswara

Question 9

what happened when chinese emperor found that some other king has controlled harsha’s throne after his death?

Answer 9

forged alliance with king of assam & nepal -> made the king who has forcefully controlled harsha’s throne prisoner.

Question 10

differenec b/w guptas & vardhanas

Answer 10

guptas : had bigger enemies like huns

Question 11

harsha’s territorial extent?

Answer 11

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Question 12

Officers in harsha’s reign

1. Avanti
2. Simhananda
3. Kuntala
4. Skandagupta
5. Dirghadhvajas
6. Banu
7. Mahaprathihara
8. Sarvagata
9. mimansakas?

Answer 12

1. foreign relations & war
2. Commander-in-Chief
3. Cavalry -> horse
4. Elephant Force
5. Messengers
6. Record keeper
7. Palace Guard
8. Secret Service -> knows everything -> anti-john snow
9. dispute justice

Question 13

what is Bhaga,hiranya & bali?

Answer 13

bhaga = land tax paid in kind -> 1/6th of land revenue

hiranya = tax by farmers and merchants in cash

Bali = no reference

Question 14

which chinese pilgrim was contemporary to harsha?

Answer 14

heiun tsang -> wrote Si-Yu-ki

Question 15

location of buddhist assembelies summoned by harsha?

Answer 15

kanauj

prayag

Question 16

who was court poet of harsha? his work?

Answer 16

Bana -> harshacharita & kadambari

Question 17

plays written by harsha?

Answer 17

as Priyadarsika, Rathnavali, Nagananda.

Question 18

which forces fought for harsha’s kingdom after his death?

Answer 18

Pratiharas (Jalore-Rajasthan), the Palas (Bengal) and the Rashtrakutas (Deccan).

Question 19

religion followed by palas?

Answer 19

mahayana buddhism

Question 20

How pala dynasty was estalished?

Answer 20

gauda ruler died -> Gopala had no royal blood -> that was elected because of his ability to kill a “demon” i.e. rakshas.

Question 21

who was last pala ruler? defeated by whom?

Answer 21

Madanapala -> last ruler

defeated by vijayasena of sena dynasty

Question 22

notable artists of pala period?

Answer 22

dhiman & his son vitapala -> sculptor,painter

Question 23

What is mahipalageet?

Answer 23

songs of mahipala ->still popular in rural bengal.

Question 24

who was gretest ruler of rashtrakuta dynasty?

Answer 24

dandidurga

Question 25

About amoghvarsha ( was asked in options once)

Answer 25

great king -> ruled 64 years

patron -> Digambara acharya
Jinasena, Sanskrit grammarian Sakatayana
and the mathematician Mahaviracharya.

-himself a great poet and his Kavirajamarga is the earliest Kannada work & wrote Prasnottaramalika.

Question 26

popular deities during rashtrakutas

Answer 26

shiva & vishnu

Question 27

The famous rock-cut Shiva temple at Ellora was built by ?

Answer 27

Krishna I (rashtrakutas)

Question 28

rashtrakuta king Dantidurga performed which ritual? who else has did it?

Answer 28

-Hiranyagarbha

-person doing this is considered to have reborned
and to have celestial body

-gautamiputra sathkarni to claim kshtriya status

Question 29

which rashtrakuta rulers patronised jainism?

Answer 29

Amoghavarsha I, Indra IV, Krishna II

Question 30

gems of kannada literature patronised by rashtrakuta king krishna 3?

Answer 30

Kavichakravarthi Ponna,
Adikavi Pampa
Kavichakravarti Ranna

Question 31

who is contributed with rockcut shrines at Ellora and

Elephanta?

Answer 31

Rashtrakutas

Question 32

kailasnath temple of ellora by whom?

Answer 32

krishna 1

Question 33

famous sculptor by rashtrakuta king?

Answer 33

• elephanta cave,ellora cave
• structure of sadashiva & Nataraja
• Ardhanarishvara & maheshmurti
• three-faced bust of Lord Shiva, is 25 feet tall and considered one of the finest pieces of sculpture in India.

Question 34

Basic ruling period of vardhana,Palas,rashtrakutas?

Answer 34

Vardhanas : 580 -> Harsha (606-647)

Pala : 750 - 1150

Rashtrakutas : (753-982)