HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Krishandevaraya : Samaranganasutradhara
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Mahendravarman : Mattavilasaprahasana
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Bhojadeva : Manasollasa
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Somesvara : Amuktyamalyada
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, the correct option is B) Mahendravarman: Mattavilasa Prahasana. King Mahendravarman I wrote Mattavilasa Prahasana in the early seventh century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mattavilasa Prahasana (Devanagari:), (English: A Farce of Drunken Sport) is a short one-act Sanskrit play. It is one of the two great one act plays written by Pallava King Mahendravarman I (571– 630CE) in the beginning of the seventh century in Tamil Nadu.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mattavilasa Prahasana is a satire that pokes fun at the peculiar aspects of the heretic Kapalika and Pasupata Saivite sects, Buddhists, and Jainism. The setting of the play is Kanchipuram, the capital city of the Pallava kingdom in the seventh century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mattavilasa Prahasana-The versatile Pallava ruler and great scholar Mahendravarman I wrote the famous burlesque Mattavilasa Prahasana. Hence option 2 is correct.
Detailed explanation-5: -Mahendravarman I was the author of the play Mattavilasa Prahasana which is a Sanskrit satire.