Vansh Bhaskar and Veer Satsai were written by which poet of the Bundi court?
- A.Dalpat Vijay
- B.Suryamal Mishran
- C.Kaviraja Bankidas
- D.Kesodas Gadan
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Suryamal Mishran. He served the Bundi court in the nineteenth century and wrote the Vansh Bhaskar, a long chronicle of the Hada rulers in verse, and the Veer Satsai, seven hundred couplets of martial feeling that were widely recited in the period of the revolt of 1857. Option A is wrong because Dalpat Vijay is associated with the Khumman Raso on the house of Mewar. Option C is wrong because Kaviraja Bankidas was a poet of the Jodhpur court whose Bankidas Ri Khyat is a separate collection of notes on Rajasthani history. Option D is wrong because Kesodas Gadan belongs to the earlier Charan tradition. Pair Bundi with Suryamal Mishran, Marwar with Nainsi and Bikaner with Dayaldas for the chronicle questions.
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Practice Questions
View allWho gave currency to the name Rajasthani for the language of the region in the Linguistic Survey of India?
- A.George Abraham Grierson
- B.James Tod
- C.Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha
- D.Suniti Kumar Chatterji
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In his Linguistic Survey of India he used the name Rajasthani in 1912 for the group of speeches of this region and classified its dialects, replacing older names such as Maru Bhasha and Maru Gurjar.
Read the full explanation →The Wagdi dialect of Rajasthani is spoken mainly in which districts?
- A.Sikar and Jhunjhunu
- B.Dungarpur and Banswara
- C.Alwar and Bharatpur
- D.Kota and Bundi
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The tract formed by these two districts in the far south of Rajasthan is called Wagad, and the Bhil population there speaks Wagdi, which carries features of both Rajasthani and Gujarati because of its position on the border.
Read the full explanation →Hadoti, also called Harauti, is the dialect of which group of districts?
- A.Jaisalmer and Barmer
- B.Kota, Bundi, Baran and Jhalawar
- C.Udaipur, Bhilwara and Chittorgarh
- D.Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh
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These four districts of the south east formed the Hada Chauhan country, from which the region takes the name Hadoti and the dialect its name Hadoti or Harauti.
Read the full explanation →Which is the most widely spoken dialect of Rajasthani?
- A.Mewari
- B.Dhundhari
- C.Marwari
- D.Mewati
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It is the speech of Jodhpur, Pali, Nagaur, Barmer and Jalore, that is of the largest region of the state, and the Dingal poetry of the Charan poets was composed in it; its speakers also carried it across India with the trading communities of Marwar.
Read the full explanation →The Dingal style of Rajasthani poetry is associated with which class of poets?
- A.Bhat poets of eastern Rajasthan
- B.Charan poets of western Rajasthan
- C.Jain scholars of Jalore
- D.Court painters of Mewar
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Dingal is the literary style built on Marwari, and the Charans used it for heroic verse on battle, honour and self sacrifice, sung in a loud rolling metre; the Veli Krisan Rukmani Ri of Prithviraj Rathore is a celebrated example.
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