The Sangita Ratnakara, the standard medieval treatise on Indian music, was written by Sarangadeva under the patronage of which dynasty?
- A.Yadavas of Devagiri
- B.Kakatiyas of Warangal
- C.Hoysalas of Dwarasamudra
- D.Chalukyas of Kalyani
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The correct answer is A, the Yadavas of Devagiri. Sarangadeva served at the court of Singhana II, the most powerful Yadava king, and his Sangita Ratnakara is the work from which both the Hindustani and the Carnatic traditions later drew their theory of ragas and talas. Option B is wrong because the Kakatiyas are associated with the Motupalli inscription and the temples at Palampet and Hanamkonda. Option C is wrong because the Hoysalas are remembered for soapstone temple architecture at Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapura. Option D is wrong because the Chalukyas of Kalyani gave the Mitakshara of Vijnaneshwara and the Manasollasa of Someshvara III. The Devagiri court also hosted Changadeva, who founded a college to study the astronomical work of Bhaskara II. Note also that Hemadri, the minister of Mahadeva and Ramachandra, wrote the Chaturvarga Chintamani and gave his name to the Hemadpanti temple style of black stone laid without mortar.
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View allThe Hoysala dynasty was associated with which state?
- A.Karnataka
- B.Gujarat
- C.Tamil Nadu
- D.Madhya Pradesh
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The Hoysalas ruled from Dwarasamudra, the present Halebidu in Hassan district of Karnataka, and their famous temples at Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapura all stand in that state.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following was a very important seaport in the Kakatiya kingdom?
- A.Kakinada
- B.Motupalli
- C.Machilipatnam (Masulipatnam)
- D.Nelluru
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Ganapatideva of the Kakatiya dynasty issued an inscription at Motupalli known as the Abhaya Shasana, which assured foreign merchants of the safety of their ships and goods and fixed the duties they would pay, and the port became the kingdom's main window to the sea trade of the Bay of…
Read the full explanation →Ravikirti was the court poet of which of the following dynasty ruler?
- A.Cholas
- B.Cheras
- C.Pallavas
- D.Chalukyas
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Ravikirti was the court poet of Pulakeshin II of the Chalukyas of Badami and composed the Aihole inscription, a Sanskrit prashasti that records the king's victories, including the defeat of Harshavardhana, and in which the poet compares himself to Kalidasa and Bharavi.
Read the full explanation →Which city was the capital of the Hoysala kingdom?
- A.Devagiri
- B.Dwarasamudra
- C.Warangal
- D.Kalyani
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The correct answer is B, Dwarasamudra, the present Halebidu in Hassan district of Karnataka, where the Hoysaleswara temple still stands.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the dynasty of the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani in 973 by overthrowing the Rashtrakutas?
- A.Vikramaditya VI
- B.Someshvara III
- C.Tailapa II
- D.Bijjala
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He was a Chalukya feudatory who overthrew the last Rashtrakuta ruler in 973 and founded the line that ruled the Deccan from Manyakheta and then from Kalyani for more than two centuries.
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