The fort at Prayagraj, standing beside the Sangam, was built in 1583 by which ruler?
- A.Akbar
- B.Shah Jahan
- C.Sher Shah Suri
- D.Jahangir
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Akbar. Akbar built the fort at the confluence in 1583 and renamed the town Illahabas, from which the name Allahabad came; the city was renamed Prayagraj in 2018. The fort stands directly over the Sangam, and inside its walls is the Ashokan pillar that carries both an edict of Ashoka and the Prayag Prashasti of Samudragupta, composed by the court poet Harisena.
Option B is wrong because Shah Jahan's great building works are the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort and the Jama Masjid at Delhi, not this fort. Option C is wrong because Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtasgarh and Purana Qila works and the Grand Trunk Road improvements, and died at Kalinjar in 1545, before Akbar's reign. Option D is wrong because Jahangir only added an inscription to the Ashokan pillar inside the fort his father had built.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Buddha delivered his first sermon, the Dharmachakra Pravartana, at which place in Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Kushinagar
- B.Sarnath
- C.Shravasti
- D.Kaushambi
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After attaining enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, the Buddha walked to the deer park at Sarnath, near Varanasi, and preached to the five companions who had earlier left him.
Read the full explanation →The Triveni Sangam at Prayagraj is the confluence of which rivers?
- A.Ganga, Gomti and Saraswati
- B.Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati
- C.Ganga, Yamuna and Sarayu
- D.Yamuna, Chambal and Betwa
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At Prayagraj the Yamuna joins the Ganga, and tradition holds that the Saraswati flows there unseen, so the meeting point is called the Triveni Sangam, the braid of three streams.
Read the full explanation →Which of the twelve jyotirlingas is located in Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Omkareshwar
- B.Mahakaleshwar
- C.Kashi Vishwanath
- D.Somnath
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The Kashi Vishwanath temple at Varanasi is the jyotirlinga of Uttar Pradesh. It stands in the old city close to the Ganga, a short walk from the Dashashwamedh ghat where the evening Ganga Aarti is held.
Read the full explanation →Krishna Janmabhoomi, revered as the birthplace of Krishna, is in which city of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Vrindavan
- B.Gokul
- C.Mathura
- D.Barsana
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Mathura, on the right bank of the Yamuna, is revered as the place where Krishna was born in the prison of Kansa, and the Krishna Janmabhoomi complex marks the spot.
Read the full explanation →The Prayag Prashasti, inscribed on the Ashokan pillar at Prayagraj, praises Samudragupta and was composed by whom?
- A.Kalidasa
- B.Harisena
- C.Banabhatta
- D.Ravikirti
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The Prayag Prashasti, also called the Allahabad pillar inscription, was composed in Sanskrit by Harisena, a minister and court poet of Samudragupta.
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