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Multiple choice history south indian kingdoms rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period major dynasties of south india

The lowest unit of administration was

  1. Village

  2. Nadus

  3. Valanadus

  4. Vishayas
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Village was the lowest unit of Chola administration. In the Chola empire, Kingdom was divided into Mandalams (or provinces) and each mandalam divided into Valanadus (Commissionary) and Nadus (Districts) and villages(Kurram ).

Multiple choice history south indian kingdoms rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period major dynasties of south india

Who established the Rashtrakuta kingdom by defeating the last Badami Chalukya ruler Keerthivarma II?

  1. Vijayaditya

  2. Singhana

  3. Dantidurga

  4. Jayasimha
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Chalukyas ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. The earliest Chalukyas were called Badami Chalukyas. Their last ruler Keerthivarman II was defeated by the Rashtrakuta King Dantidurga in 753. Dantidurga established the Rashtrakuta dynasty that ruled the Deccan and neighbouring areas of India from about 755 to 975 CE.

Multiple choice history south indian kingdoms rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period major dynasties of south india

Dantidurga performed the hireranyagarbhaclana ceremony at Ujjain after his victory over

  1. Malwa

  2. Gondwana

  3. Chittor

  4. Jodhpur
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Dantidurga, the founder of the Rashtrakuta Empire, performed the Hiranyagarbha ritual at Ujjain after defeating the Gurjara-Pratiharas who controlled the Malwa region.

Multiple choice history south indian kingdoms rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period major dynasties of south india

Who wrote Vaddaradhane? 

  1. Pampa

  2. Poona

  3.  Shivakottacharya

  4. Shrivijaya
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The author of this is Shivakottacharya. It is a collection of Jain religious stories. Special importance has been given to use of native Kannada words here. There is liveliness in plot, structure, characterization and dialogue. This is a great prose work belonging to the pre-Pampa age, and enjoys eternal significance in the history of Kannada literature. 

Multiple choice history south indian kingdoms rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period major dynasties of south india

Period of rule of Rashtrakutas :

  1. 647-898 A.D

  2. 896-998 A.D

  3. 768-916 A.D

  4. 753-973 A.D
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The  last ruler Keerthivarman II of Chalukya dynasty was defeated by the Rashtrakuta King Dantidurga in 753 AD. Dantidurga established the Rashtrakuta dynasty that ruled the Deccan and neighbouring areas of India from about 753 to 973 CE. The early kings of this dynasty were influenced by Hinduism and the later kings by Jainism.