2023 · Q45
Consider the following dynasties:
- 1.Hoysala
- 2.Gahadavala
- 3.Kakatiya
- 4.Yadava.
How many of the above dynasties established their kingdoms in early eighth century AD?
- (a)Only one
- (b)Only two
- (c)Only three
- (d)None
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None of the four belongs to the early eighth century. The Hoysalas emerged as hill chiefs in the Western Ghats and became a significant power only from the late eleventh century under Vishnuvardhana, with their capital at Dwarasamudra. The Gahadavalas of Kannauj and Varanasi rose in the late eleventh century under Chandradeva and ended with Jayachandra's defeat in 1194. The Kakatiyas of Warangal became independent of the Western Chalukyas in the twelfth century. The Yadavas or Seunas of Devagiri likewise asserted independence in the twelfth century as Chalukya power collapsed. All four are therefore products of the eleventh and twelfth century political reordering of the peninsula and the Ganga valley, not of the eighth century, which belongs to the Pratihara, Pala, Rashtrakuta and Pallava era.
Hence (d).
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