alleryStart learning →Basava's Bhakti movement in the 12th century arose in which region?
AKarnataka
BOdisha
CAssam
DBengal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Karnataka
Basava and Lingayatism emerged in the Kannada-speaking region, roughly modern Karnataka, in the 12th century.
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