2020 · Q97
With reference to the history of India, consider the following pairs : Famous Place and Present State.
- 1.Bhilsa and Madhya Pradesh
- 2.Dwarasamudra and Maharashtra
- 3.Girinagar and Gujarat
- 4.Sthanesvara and Uttar Pradesh.
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched ?
- (a)1 and 3 only
- (b)1 and 4 only
- (c)2 and 3 only
- (d)2 and 4 only
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- Pair 1 is correct. Bhilsa is the old name of Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, near Sanchi and Udayagiri, a town of importance from Mauryan times.
- Pair 3 is correct. Girinagar is Junagadh in Gujarat, the site at the foot of Girnar bearing the Ashokan rock edicts, the Rudradaman inscription on the Sudarshana lake and the later Skandagupta inscription, one of the richest epigraphic sites in India.
- Pair 2 is incorrect. Dwarasamudra is Halebidu in Karnataka, the capital of the Hoysalas, sacked by Malik Kafur, and it lies nowhere near Maharashtra.
- Pair 4 is incorrect. Sthanesvara is Thanesar in Haryana, the seat of the Pushyabhuti dynasty from which Harshavardhana came before shifting to Kanauj, which is the Uttar Pradesh town the option is presumably meant to confuse it with. The answer is 1 and 3, giving (a).
Difficult · Static · Ancient and Medieval History · Sources, Chronology and Historiography
