alleryWhich Arab chronicler praised the Pratihara cavalry in 851?
AAl-Masudi
BIbn Khurdadba
CAl-Biruni
DSulaiman
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Sulaiman
1. An Arab chronicler described the Gurjara ruler's army in 851.
2. He said no Indian prince had finer cavalry.
3. That chronicler was Sulaiman, as Al-Masudi and Ibn Khurdadba wrote in the 10th century.
_Source: Wikipedia, Pratihara dynasty, Resistance to the Caliphate_
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