INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

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The Prathihara ruler who occupied Kannauj?
A
Prithviraj
B
Rajyapala
C
Nagabhatta
D
Jayachandra
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This tripartite struggle for Kannauj lingered for almost two centuries and ultimately ended in favour of the Gurjara-Pratihara ruler Nagabhata II who made the city the capital of the Gurjara-Pratihara state, which ruled for nearly three centuries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Palas, the Gurjara-Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas fought for the control over Kanauj.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nagabhata I (r. c. 730 – 760 CE) was a king who founded the imperial Gurjara Pratihara dynasty of northern India. He ruled the Avanti (or Malava) region in present-day Madhya Pradesh, from his capital at Ujjain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vatsaraja’s successor, Nagabhata II (reigned c. 793–833), reorganized Pratihara power, attacked Kannauj, and for a short while reversed the situation. However, soon afterward he was defeated by the Rashtrakuta king Govinda III (reigned 793–814), who in turn had to face a confederacy of southern powers that kept…

Detailed explanation-5: -Early rulers Nagabhata Pratihara I (730–756) later extended his control east and south from Mandor, conquering Malwa as far as Gwalior and the port of Bharuch in Gujarat.

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