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UPSC CDS Medieval Indian History — practice questions — page 19

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The early Chalukyan dynasty ruled from Badami during:Read the answer and worked solution →The Badami caves were excavated under the patronage of the Chalukya king:Read the answer and worked solution →The inscription in Badami Cave 4 records the date:Read the answer and worked solution →Because of its Vishnu dedication, Badami Cave 4 is popularly known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Pallava king Mahendravarma I built temples at Panamalai, Kanchipuram and:Read the answer and worked solution →Mahendravarman I bore the title Chitrakarapuli, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →The Pallava king who patronised paintings at the Kanchipuram temple was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Jaina caves at Sittanvasal with painted ceilings belong to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Brihadeswara temple at Thanjavur was built in the reign of:Read the answer and worked solution →The upper layer of paintings found at Brihadeswara temple was painted during the:Read the answer and worked solution →Chola paintings at Brihadeswara show a portrait of Rajaraja with his mentor:Read the answer and worked solution →The Vijayanagara dynasty of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries had its capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →Paintings in the Virupaksha temple at Hampi show Vidyaranya, spiritual teacher of:Read the answer and worked solution →Lepakshi, with glorious Vijayanagara paintings in its Shiva temple, is near:Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayanagara painters showed faces in:Read the answer and worked solution →Nayaka paintings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are seen at Thiruparakunram, Tiruvarur and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sri Krishna temple at Chengam in Arcot district has how many Ramayana panels?Read the answer and worked solution →Kerala mural painters took cues from Kathakali and which ritual floor painting?Read the answer and worked solution →Among Kerala mural sites are three palaces: Krishnapuram, Padmanabhapuram and the Dutch palace in:Read the answer and worked solution →Pithoro, a traditional mural form, belongs to parts of Rajasthan and:Read the answer and worked solution →Warli paintings are a traditional mural form of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Kerala mural sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Vijayanagara and Nayaka sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the mural wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Deccan or KeralaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by dynastyRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Later murals bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Large-scale Indo-Islamic building activity in India began in the early thirteenth century under the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The early Chalukyan dynasty ruled from Badami during:

  1. 743 to 798 CE
  2. 543 to 598 CE
  3. 643 to 698 CE
  4. 443 to 498 CE
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Correct answer: B. 543 to 598 CE

1. Pulakesi I founded the line. 2. The dates are 543 to 598 CE. 3. Mangalesha patronised the caves. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 5, Later Mural Traditions._

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The Badami caves were excavated under the patronage of the Chalukya king:

  1. Mangalesha
  2. Pulakesi II
  3. Vikramaditya
  4. Kirtivarman II
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Correct answer: A. Mangalesha

1. He was the younger son of Pulakesi I. 2. Mangalesha was the patron. 3. His brother was Kirtivarman I. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 5, Later Mural Traditions._

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The inscription in Badami Cave 4 records the date:

  1. 778-779 CE
  2. 578-579 CE
  3. 478-479 CE
  4. 678-679 CE
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Correct answer: B. 578-579 CE

1. It describes the cave's beauty. 2. The date is 578-579 CE. 3. It dedicates an image of Vishnu. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 5, Later Mural Traditions._

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