Dhar was the capital of which dynasty of Malwa?

The correct answer is B, Paramara. The Paramaras ruled Malwa from Dhar from about the ninth century until Alauddin Khalji's army took the country in 1305. Their best-known king is Raja Bhoja, and the Bhojshala at Dhar, a hall of learning associated with the worship of Saraswati, belongs to his reign. Vakpati Munja, an earlier king of the line, died in a campaign against the Chalukya ruler Tailapa the Second.

Option A, the Chandelas, ruled Jejakabhukti, the Bundelkhand country, from Khajuraho, Mahoba and Kalinjar, not from Dhar. Option C, the Kalachuris, ruled the Chedi country from Tripuri near Jabalpur and left the Chausath Yogini temple at Bheraghat. Option D, the Bundelas, are much later, founding Orchha on the Betwa in the sixteenth century and Panna after that. Fix each dynasty to one capital, Paramaras with Dhar, Chandelas with Khajuraho, Kalachuris with Tripuri and Bundelas with Orchha, and the whole group becomes a single line of memory.