Tripuri, the capital of the Kalachuris, lay near which modern city of Madhya Pradesh?

The correct answer is A, Jabalpur. Tripuri, the modern Tewar near Jabalpur, was the capital of the Kalachuris of Chedi, a dynasty whose strongest kings were Gangeyadeva and his son Karna in the eleventh century. The Chausath Yogini temple at Bheraghat, on the Narmada near Jabalpur, belongs to their patronage, and the same stretch of the river is known for the marble rocks and the Dhuandhar falls.

Option B, Gwalior, was the seat of the Tomaras and later of the Scindias, and has Pawaya nearby, the Naga capital Padmavati. Option C, Indore, is a city of the Holkar period and has no ancient capital of this kind. Option D, Sagar, is the district of Eran, known for its monolithic boar and the earliest sati inscription in India, but not for the Kalachuris. Place the four dynasties on the map once: Paramaras in the west at Dhar, Chandelas in the north-east at Khajuraho, Kalachuris in the centre at Tripuri and the Gonds in the forests around them.