INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Pallava king who adopted the epithet of Vichitrachitta of curious minded was
A
Mahendravarman I
B
Narasimhavarman I
C
Narasimhavarman II
D
Simhavishnu
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hence Option A, Mahendravarman l is the correct answer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vichitrachitta (curious-minded). Vichitrachitta is a Sanskrit word meaning Unique Thoughts or weird thoughts and this title was given to Pallava king Mahendravarman l because he was very unique in his thoughts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The place, now known as Mamallapuram, was earlier known by the epithet given to the king Narasimhavarman I (630–668 AD) of the Pallava Dynasty (who ruled from 4th to 9th centuries), [6]) as Mamallan, the “great wrestler” or “great warrior".

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahendravarman I (600–630 CE) was a Pallava emperor who ruled the Southern portion of present-day Andhra region and Northern regions of what forms present-day Tamil Nadu in India in the early 7th century. He was a scholar, painter, architect, musician.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mahendravarman is a royal title bestowed on rulers of Hindu kingdoms.

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