Which city was the capital of the Hoysala kingdom?
- A.Devagiri
- B.Dwarasamudra
- C.Warangal
- D.Kalyani
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Dwarasamudra, the present Halebidu in Hassan district of Karnataka, where the Hoysaleswara temple still stands. Option A is wrong because Devagiri, later renamed Daulatabad, was the capital of the Yadavas or Seunas of Maharashtra, fortified under Bhillama V. Option C is wrong because Warangal, earlier Orugallu, was the Kakatiya capital after they moved from Anumakonda; it was renamed Sultanpur after 1323. Option D is wrong because Kalyani, the present Basavakalyan, was the seat of the Western Chalukyas, whose feudatories the Hoysalas originally were. The four capitals make a favourite matching question, so learn them as a set: Dwarasamudra for the Hoysalas, Warangal for the Kakatiyas, Devagiri for the Yadavas and Kalyani for the Western Chalukyas. Note also that the Hoysalas began as hill chiefs and ended as an imperial power, while the Yadavas, Kakatiyas and Hoysalas were all once feudatories of Kalyani.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Hoysala dynasty was associated with which state?
- A.Karnataka
- B.Gujarat
- C.Tamil Nadu
- D.Madhya Pradesh
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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 →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.
Read the full explanation →The Mitakshara, the celebrated commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti, was written by Vijnaneshwara in the court of which ruler?
- A.Vikramaditya VI of Kalyani
- B.Vishnuvardhana of the Hoysalas
- C.Ganapatideva of the Kakatiyas
- D.Singhana II of the Yadavas
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His long reign, from 1076 to 1126, was the cultural high point of the Western Chalukyas, and his court held both Bilhana, who wrote the Vikramankadeva Charita in praise of the king, and Vijnaneshwara, whose Mitakshara became the most widely followed authority of Hindu law in large parts of India.
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