The Sanskrit work Samarangana Sutradhara, a treatise on architecture, is ascribed to which ruler?

The correct answer is A, Raja Bhoja. Bhoja, the Paramara king of Dhar in the first half of the eleventh century, is credited with a long list of works, of which the Samarangana Sutradhara on architecture and town planning and the Saraswatikanthabharana on poetics are the best known. He is remembered as a scholar king, and the proverb that learning departed when Bhoja died grew out of the reputation of his court. The Bhojpur Shiva temple with its colossal lingam, the Bhojshala at Dhar and the great lake at Bhopal are all attributed to him.

Option B, Vidyadhara, was the strongest of the Chandela kings and is associated with the Kandariya Mahadeva temple at Khajuraho, but not with these books. Option C, Sangram Shah, was the Gond ruler of Garha-Katanga who is said to have held fifty-two forts. Option D, Dhanga, was the Chandela king who built the Vishvanatha temple. Only Bhoja among these is remembered as an author.