Gupta Period


  1. Who was ruling the Chola kingdom at the time of Mahmud Ghazni's expedition of Somnath ?









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    Rajendra I was ruling the Chola kingdom at the time of Mahmud Ghazni's expedition of Somnath. Rajendra Chola I was the son of Rajaraja Chola I, the great Chola king of present day southern India. He succeeded his father in 1014 CE as the Chola emperor. During his reign, he extended the influences of the already vast Chola empire up to the banks of the river Ganges in the north and across the ocean.

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    Rajendra I was ruling the Chola kingdom at the time of Mahmud Ghazni's expedition of Somnath. Rajendra Chola I was the son of Rajaraja Chola I, the great Chola king of present day southern India. He succeeded his father in 1014 CE as the Chola emperor. During his reign, he extended the influences of the already vast Chola empire up to the banks of the river Ganges in the north and across the ocean.


  1. The Chola rulers were generrally the worshippers of









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    The Chola rulers were generally the worshipers of Shiva. A number of mythical heroes and demi-gods found their place in the long mythical genealogies incorporated in to the copper-plate charters and stone inscription of the tenth and eleventh centuries. The earliest version of this is found in the Anbil Plates which gives fifteen names before Vijayalaya Chola including the genuinely historical ones of Karikala, Perunarikalli and Kocengannan.

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    The Chola rulers were generally the worshipers of Shiva. A number of mythical heroes and demi-gods found their place in the long mythical genealogies incorporated in to the copper-plate charters and stone inscription of the tenth and eleventh centuries. The earliest version of this is found in the Anbil Plates which gives fifteen names before Vijayalaya Chola including the genuinely historical ones of Karikala, Perunarikalli and Kocengannan.



  1. Rajasekhara's marriage to Avantisundari is an example of









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    Rajasekara's marriage to Avantisundari is an example of 'Anuloma-marriage'. During the Vedic Age, inter-class marriages used to take place in the from of Anuloma marriage. Anuloma marriage is a social practice according to which a boy from upper Varna/Caste/Class can marry a girl from lower Varna/Caste/Class.

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    Rajasekara's marriage to Avantisundari is an example of 'Anuloma-marriage'. During the Vedic Age, inter-class marriages used to take place in the from of Anuloma marriage. Anuloma marriage is a social practice according to which a boy from upper Varna/Caste/Class can marry a girl from lower Varna/Caste/Class.


  1. Who shifted the Chahamana capital from Sambhar to Ajmer ?









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    Ajayaraja shifted the Chahamana capital from Sambhar to Ajmer. Arnoraja's fight against Turushka, i.e. the Yaminis of Lahore and Ghazna was inheritance from his father Ajayaraja who perhaps never succeeded in recovering Nagaur from Muslims had reached as far as Ajmer. In the battle that followed on the plain outside the city, the Yamini commander was decisively beaten and fled before the pursuing Chauhana.

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    Ajayaraja shifted the Chahamana capital from Sambhar to Ajmer. Arnoraja's fight against Turushka, i.e. the Yaminis of Lahore and Ghazna was inheritance from his father Ajayaraja who perhaps never succeeded in recovering Nagaur from Muslims had reached as far as Ajmer. In the battle that followed on the plain outside the city, the Yamini commander was decisively beaten and fled before the pursuing Chauhana.



  1. Kumardevi, the Queen of Govindachandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharmachakra-jina-vihar at









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    Kumardevi, the queen of Govindachandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharmachakrajinavihar at Sarnath. Kumaradevi, the Buddhist queen of the great Gahadavala king Govindachrandra of Kashi (CE 1114-1154). All the halls and apartments of the monks have disappeared. This monastery had two gateways towards the east, there being a distance of 88.45 m between the two. At the western most edge of the site, a distinct covered passage leads to a small medieval shrine.

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    Kumardevi, the queen of Govindachandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharmachakrajinavihar at Sarnath. Kumaradevi, the Buddhist queen of the great Gahadavala king Govindachrandra of Kashi (CE 1114-1154). All the halls and apartments of the monks have disappeared. This monastery had two gateways towards the east, there being a distance of 88.45 m between the two. At the western most edge of the site, a distinct covered passage leads to a small medieval shrine.