History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2024 History (Re-Exam Shift-II)
Passage
This work begins with the origins of the Chalukya dynasty and, in the familiar style of an epic poem, details the battles fought and the pleasures enjoyed by Emperor Vikramaditya. Like the first chapter of the Harsha-Charita, the final section provides an account of the author himself, his literary journey, his family, and his country and its rulers. As a piece of history, this work is full of various inconsistencies. It aspires to the intervention of Shiva to explain certain tragic events in the emperor's life. Due to the lack of precise expressions, even the correct chronology has been lost.
Which region does the author belong to?
AKashmir ✓ Correct
BUjjain
CKanyakubja
DKalyan
Correct answer: (A) Kashmir — The answer is Kashmir.
Explanation
★The answer is Kashmir.
★The passage is from the Vikramankadeva Charita written by Bilhana.
★Bilhana was originally from Kashmir.
★During the reign of the Chalukya ruler Vikramaditya he came to the Chalukya court.
★There Vikramaditya appointed him as his court poet.
★So the author Bilhana belonged to Kashmir.
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