History Vardhana Dynasty Test 8 Welcome to your History Vardhana Dynasty Test 8 Name Email 1.King Shashanka, against whom Harshvardhana declared war, was a ruler of the ______kingdom. (a) Kanyakubja (b) Junagarh (c) Magadha (d) Gauda None 2. 'Banabhatta', well known for his literary works, flourished during the reign of ______. (a) Ashoka (b) Bindusara (c) Chandragupta II (d) Harshavardhana None 3. Harshacharita’ (The Deeds of Harsha), which is the biography of Indian Emperor Harsha, was written by _______ (a) Banabhatta (b) Swami Sivananda (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore None 4.Pushyabhuti, who ruled from Thaneswar, was the founder of ______ dynasty. (a) Vardhana (b) Chera (c) Pandya (d) Chalukya None 5.Who among the following defeated HarshaVardhan in 618 CE? (a) Chandragupta I (b) Pulakeshin II (c) Pushyamitra (d) Alexander None 6. During the reign of which of the following kings did Chinese traveller Xuanzang visit India? (a) Harshavardhana (b) Prabhakara Vardhana (c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Ashoka None 7.The Harshacharita is a biography of Harshavardhana, the ruler of Kannauj, composed in Sanskrit by his court poet, _____. (a) Dandin (b) Kamban (c) Banabhatta (d) Jinsena None 8.King Harshavardhan ascended the throne of Thaneshwar and Kannauj on the death of his brother, ______. (a) Indravardhan (b) Suryavardhan (c) Rajyavardhana (d) Chandravardhan None 9.Hiuen Tsang, hailed as the prince of pilgrims, visited India during the region of king_____. (a) Ashoka (b) Samudragupta (c) Harsha (d) Vishnugupta None 10.Banabhatta was the court poet of which of the following Indian King? (a) Harshavardhana (b) Chandra Gupta II (c) Pulkesin II (d) Yasovarman None 11.During the reign of which of the following kings did Chinese traveller Xuanzang visit India? (a) Harshavardhana (b) Prabhakara Vardhana (c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Ashoka None 12.During whose reign did the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visit India ? (a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya (b) Samudragupta (c) Chandragupta I (d) Harshavardhana None Time's up
