Mahakaleshwar, one of the twelve jyotirlingas, is situated in which city?
- A.Omkareshwar
- B.Ujjain
- C.Maheshwar
- D.Amarkantak
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Ujjain. The Mahakaleshwar temple at Ujjain is one of the twelve jyotirlingas, and it is singled out in every list because its lingam faces south, the only one of the twelve to do so; the bhasma aarti performed there before dawn is equally famous. Ujjain is one of the four cities where the Kumbh is held, and there it is called the Simhastha and comes to the ghats of the Shipra every twelve years.
Option A, Omkareshwar, is the other jyotirlinga of Madhya Pradesh, on the island of Mandhata in the Narmada in Khandwa district, so a candidate who knows the state has two jyotirlingas must still fix which is which. Option C, Maheshwar, also on the Narmada, is the old Mahishmati and the capital of Ahilyabai Holkar, but it is not a jyotirlinga. Option D, Amarkantak, is the source of the Narmada and the Son in Anuppur district, a holy place but not one of the twelve.
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Practice Questions
View allThe rock shelters of Bhimbetka are located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Sehore
- B.Raisen
- C.Dhar
- D.Rewa
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The Bhimbetka rock shelters lie in Raisen district, in the foothills of the Vindhyan range south of Bhopal, within the forest now protected as Ratapani.
Read the full explanation →Who brought the Bhimbetka rock shelters to the notice of scholars in 1957?
- A.H. D. Sankalia
- B.V. S. Wakankar
- C.R. D. Banerji
- D.Daya Ram Sahni
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Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar, an archaeologist from Ujjain, noticed the rocky outcrops from a train in 1957 and went on to explore and record the shelters and their paintings.
Read the full explanation →The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally built during the reign of which ruler?
- A.Chandragupta Maurya
- B.Ashoka
- C.Pushyamitra Shunga
- D.Kanishka
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The Great Stupa, Stupa 1 at Sanchi, was raised in brick in the third century before Christ in the reign of Ashoka, who also set up a pillar at the site bearing the schism edict and crowned by a lion capital.
Read the full explanation →The four carved gateways or toranas of the Great Stupa at Sanchi were added under which dynasty?
- A.Mauryas
- B.Shungas
- C.Satavahanas
- D.Guptas
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The four toranas that stand at the cardinal points of the Great Stupa were carved in the first century before Christ in the Satavahana period, and an inscription on one of them records the gift of ivory carvers of Vidisha.
Read the full explanation →Relics of Sariputta and Mahamoggallana, two chief disciples of the Buddha, were recovered from which structure at Sanchi?
- A.Stupa 1
- B.Stupa 2
- C.Stupa 3
- D.Temple 17
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The relic caskets of Sariputta and Mahamoggallana, the two chief disciples of the Buddha, were found in Stupa 3 at Sanchi, which stands a short distance north-east of the Great Stupa and has a single gateway.
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