Quiz: Harshavardhan Period

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Number of Questions: 25

Question: 6 -

Muhammad Ghazni plundered Somnath temple in Kathiawar in

Options:
  1. 1030 A.D.

  2. 1025 A.D.

  3. 1029 A.D.

  4. 1020 A.D.

  5. Answer:

    1025 A.D.

    Solution not available.

Question: 7 -

Why did the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty declined?

Options:
  1.  invasions of Muhammmad Ghori

  2. invasions of Hunas

  3. invasions of Muhammad Ghazini

  4.  invasions of Muhammad Bin Quasim

  5. Answer:

    invasions of Muhammad Ghazini

    Solution not available.

Question: 8 -

Gold coins attributed to Harsha depict on the reverse

Options:
  1. Avalokitesvara

  2. Shiva-Parvati

  3.  Tara

  4. Surya

  5. Answer:

    Shiva-Parvati

    Solution:

    Gold coins attributed to Harsha depict on the reverse Shiva-Parvati. The Gupta period is considered the “Golden Age” of classical India. This was a time when great universities flourished in Nalanda and Takshashila, and great writers, such as the playwright Kalidasa, and great scientists, such as the mathematician and astronomer Aryabhatta, who is credited with the concept of zero among his many achievements, helped create an atmosphere of tremendous creative impulse.


Question: 9 -

The Pala ruler who was defeated by the Prathihara ruler Nagabhatta?

Options:
  1. Gopala

  2. Govindapala

  3. Dharmapala

  4. Mahipala

  5. Answer:

    Dharmapala

    Solution not available.

Question: 10 -

Who may be the founder of Pratihara dynasty?

Options:
  1. Pratihara

  2. Bhoja

  3.  Gopala

  4. Dharmapala

  5. Answer:

    Pratihara

    Solution not available.