History of India - 10

Mihir Bhoja is widely recognized as a major ruler of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty, though Nagabhata I is often credited as the founder. Given the options, Mihir Bhoja is the most prominent historical figure listed associated with the empire's peak.

Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the Battle of Kannauj (also known as the Battle of Bilgram) in 1540, which led to Humayun's exile.

Harshavardhan moved his capital from Thaneshwar to Kannauj to better manage his expanding empire in Northern India.

The famous temples of Khajuraho were constructed by the Chandella dynasty between the 10th and 12th centuries.

Tuzuk-i-Babari, also known as the Baburnama, is the autobiography of Babur, whose birth name was Zahiruddin Mohammad.

Most of Ashoka's edicts found in the Indian subcontinent were written in the Brahmi script, while those in the northwest were in Kharosthi.

Raigad was the capital of the Maratha Empire under the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He moved his capital from Rajgad to Raigad in 1674.

The Persian Achaemenid Empire, under Darius I, expanded into the Indus Valley around 516 BC. This region became the twentieth satrapy of the Persian Empire.

Buddhacharita is an epic poem on the life of Gautama Buddha, composed by the poet Ashvaghosha in the early 2nd century AD.

Alexander the Great's army refused to advance further after reaching the Beas River, as they were exhausted from years of campaigning and feared the strength of the Nanda Empire.

Jahangir Mahal is a prominent structure located within the Agra Fort complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

Emperor Ashoka is famous for his extensive use of rock and pillar edicts to propagate his policy of Dhamma throughout his empire.

Ashoka's inscriptions in the Kharoshti script were primarily found in the northwestern regions of his empire, specifically at Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra, but Qandahar is also a site where his bilingual (Greek and Aramaic) inscriptions were found.

Qutub-ud-din Aibak, the founder of the Slave Dynasty, ascended to the throne in Lahore in 1206 AD after the death of Muhammad Ghori.

Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of Jahangir, who was a great patron of the arts and had a keen interest in nature and portraiture.

Firdausi wrote the Shahnama, the national epic of Greater Iran, in the Persian language.

The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization. They used copper, bronze, silver, and gold, but they did not have knowledge of iron.

The Chalukyas were associated with Badami, Vengi, and Kalyani. Kanchi was the capital of their rivals, the Pallavas.

Ashoka's edicts focus on Dhamma, social conduct, animal welfare, and administration. While they promote moral conduct, they generally avoid specific theological or ritualistic religious practices.

Chanakya (also known as Kautilya) was the mentor and strategist who helped Chandragupta Maurya overthrow the Nanda dynasty and establish the Mauryan Empire.

Greek historians referred to Chandragupta Maurya as Sandrocottus or Androcottus in their accounts of the Indian subcontinent.

The Gandhara School of Art flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, in the region of present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Option (4) is correct.