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History of India: ancient and medieval / Early medieval north India (750 to 1200)

Palas, Pratiharas and Rashtrakutas

Practise 2 PYQs

Concepts to cover

  1. Palas: Gopala's election, Dharmapala (Vikramashila, Somapura), Devapala; Buddhist patronage; Pala art
  2. Gurjara-Pratiharas: Nagabhata I and II, Mihira Bhoja, Mahendrapala; check on Arab expansion
  3. Rashtrakutas: Dantidurga, Krishna I (Kailasa temple), Amoghavarsha I (Kavirajamarga), Indra III, Krishna III
  4. Tripartite struggle for Kanauj and its outcome; Kanauj as the symbol of sovereignty
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