Multiple choice

Consider the following statements:

  1. Ghaznavid coins issued in north-western India have bilingual legends written in Arabic and Sharda Scripts.
  2. The literatures and chroniclers Barani and Isami were contemporaries.
  3. When Mahmud of Ghazni raided Somnatha, Jayasimha Siddharaja was the Chalukya ruler of the region. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 1 and 2 only

  3. 2 and 3 only

  4. 1,2 and 3
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ghaznavid coins indeed featured bilingual legends (Arabic and Sharda). Barani and Isami were both chroniclers of the Delhi Sultanate period. Jayasimha Siddharaja was not the ruler when Mahmud raided Somnath; the ruler was Bhima I.

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