The Bundeli ballad cycle Alha Khand, on the warriors Alha and Udal, is credited to which poet?
- A.Isuri
- B.Jagnik
- C.Keshavdas
- D.Bhavabhuti
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Jagnik. Jagnik was the bard of Mahoba who is credited with composing the ballad cycle on Alha and Udal, the two warrior brothers who served the Chandela ruler Parmal and fought Prithviraj Chauhan. The cycle, also called Parmal Raso, is sung in the rainy season across Bundelkhand in a loud heroic metre, and it survives as living folk performance rather than as a fixed book.
Option A, Isuri, is the Bundeli poet of the chaukadiya fag songs of the Holi season, which belong to the lyric and not the heroic tradition. Option C, Keshavdas, was the riti acharya of the Orchha court who wrote Ramchandrika and Rasikpriya in literary Hindi. Option D, Bhavabhuti, was a Sanskrit dramatist linked with Padmavati near Pawaya in Gwalior district. Pair Jagnik with Alha, Isuri with fag and Keshavdas with Orchha.
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- A.Malwa plateau
- B.Nimar tract along the Narmada
- C.Bundelkhand
- D.Baghelkhand
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- A.Bundeli
- B.Bagheli
- C.Malwi
- D.Kannauji
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- A.Indo-Aryan
- B.Dravidian
- C.Austroasiatic
- D.Tibeto-Burman
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- A.Eastern Hindi
- B.Western Hindi
- C.Rajasthani
- D.Bihari
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- A.Orchha
- B.Gwalior
- C.Mandu
- D.Ujjain
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