The rock-cut Kailasa temple at Ellora was built under which dynasty?
- A.Chalukya
- B.Rashtrakuta
- C.Satavahana
- D.Yadava
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The correct answer is B, Rashtrakuta. The Kailasa temple, cave sixteen at Ellora, was carved out of a single mass of rock from the top downwards under the Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna I, and it is dedicated to Shiva. Ellora is unusual because Buddhist, Hindu and Jain caves stand side by side there, and the whole group was inscribed by UNESCO in 1983.
Option A, the Chalukyas, built at Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal in present-day Karnataka. Option C, the Satavahanas, ruled the Deccan earlier and are associated with the early rock-cut Buddhist sites such as Karla and Bhaja. Option D, the Yadavas of Devagiri, ruled Maharashtra much later, in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. All four are Deccan dynasties, and the Kailasa temple belongs to the Rashtrakutas.
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- A.1 November 1956
- B.1 May 1960
- C.1 April 1936
- D.1 November 2000
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- A.Pune
- B.Nashik
- C.Nagpur
- D.Kolhapur
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- A.Satara
- B.Ahmednagar
- C.Raigad
- D.Nashik
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- A.Buldhana
- B.Chandrapur
- C.Solapur
- D.Jalgaon
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- A.Waghora
- B.Godavari
- C.Tapi
- D.Bhima
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