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PALLAVA DYNASTY

  • From which city the Pallavas conducted the rule?

 –Kanchipuram

  • Who was the last emperor of the Pallava Dynasty?

 –Aparajit

  • What was the name of the capital of the Pallavas?

 –Kanchi

  • Which pallava emperor assumed the title of Vatapikond?

 –Narshinghvarman I

ARCHITECTURE 

MAHABALIPURAM

  • Who founded Mahabalipuram?

 –The Pallava Emperors

  • During the reign of which Pallava emperor were the Chariot Temples of Mahabalipuram built?

 –Narshinhavarman I

  • ‘Dharmaraja (Yudhishthir) Ratha’, ‘Bhima Ratha’, ‘Arjuna Ratha’ and ‘Nakula Sahadeva Ratha’ are four of the Panch Rathas at Mahabalipuram. What is the name of the fifth Ratha?

 –Draupadi Ratha

  • Where is the Dharmraja Ratha monument located?

 –Mahabalipuram

  • Where has the ‘Aikashmya Ratha’ of the Pallavas been found?

 –In Mahabalipuram

  • During whose reign was Mahabalipuram Temple in Tamilnadu built?

 –The Pallavas

  • Mahabalipuram, the main city, whose interest about art does it show?

 –The Pallavas

  • The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are the evidences of art. By whom this art was patronized?

 –The Pallavas

  • On the relies of which dynasty, was the Chola Empire founded?

 –The Pallavas of Kanchi

  • The chariot temples of Mahabalipuram were built by

 –Narsinghvarman I

  • During whose reign did the construction of the Chariots of Mahabalipuram take place?

 –The Pallavas

  • Who built the Chariot monuments in Mahabalipuram?

 –The Pallavas

KAILASHNATH TEMPLE

  • Who built the famous Kailashnath Temple in Kanchi?

 –Narshinhavarman-II


Ancient Indian History

17. THE PALLAVAS

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