UPSC History The Gupta Empire Question Bank Post Gupta Period

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    Which among the following sources describe Harsha's war with Pulakesin II.
    1.Harshacharita of Banabhatta
    2.Banskheda inscription of Harsha
    3.Aihole inscription of Pulakesin II
    4.Travels of Yuan Chwang
    Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes:

    A)  1 and 2        

    B)  2 and 3

    C)  3 and 4        

    D)  1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     The authentic sources are Aihole inscription of Pulakesin II and Travels of Yuan Chwang. Ravikirti, the poet, was the panegyric writer of the Aihole inscription of 634 AD. He says that Harsha to whom "hosts of feudatories" offered their homage "through Pulakesin II had his joy (Harsha) melted away by fear, with his rows of lordly elephants fallen in battle. This inscription also indicates that the battle was fought somewhere between the Vindhya and the Rewa (Narmada). Yuan Chang, Yuan Chwang, and Yuen Chwang are another names of Huent sang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty. Born in what is now Henan province in 602, from boyhood he took to reading religious books, including the Chinese classics and the writings of ancient sages.


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