History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2021 History (Shift-II)
In the Aihole inscription, the writer Ravikirti compared himself with:
AKalidasa and Bhasa ✓ Correct
BKalidasa and Amar Singh
CShudraka and Bhasa
DShudraka and Harisena
Correct answer: (A) Kalidasa and Bhasa — He compared himself with Kalidasa and Bhasa, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★He compared himself with Kalidasa and Bhasa, so that is the answer.
★In the Aihole inscription, Ravikirti compared himself with the poets Kalidasa and Bhasa.
★The Aihole inscription is a eulogy dated 634 to 635 CE.
★It was composed by the Jain poet Ravikirti.
★It honoured his patron, the Badami Chalukya king Pulakeshin II Satyashraya.
★So Ravikirti compared himself with Kalidasa and Bhasa.
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