Q. The Rajput dynasty that ruled Kannauj was<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(a) Gurjara Pratiharas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(b) Chandelas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(c) Gahadvalas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(d) a and c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ans: (d) a and c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rajput dynasty that ruled Kannauj was (d) a and c, referring to the Gurjara Pratiharas and the Gahadavalas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kannauj, located in present-day Uttar Pradesh, was an important political and cultural center during the medieval period in India. Both the Gurjara Pratiharas and the Gahadavalas had their periods of rule over Kannauj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Gurjara Pratiharas, also known as the Pratihara dynasty, were a Rajput dynasty that ruled over a vast empire, with Kannauj as their capital, during the 8th to 11th centuries. They were known for their military prowess and patronage of art and literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Gahadavalas were another Rajput dynasty that ruled over Kannauj from the late 11th century to the mid-12th century. They established the Gahadavala dynasty, which played a significant role in the cultural and political history of the Kannauj region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, both the Gurjara Pratiharas and the Gahadavalas had periods of rule over Kannauj as Rajput dynasties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Q. The Rajput dynasty that ruled Kannauj was (a) Gurjara Pratiharas (b) Chandelas (c) Gahadvalas (d) a and c Ans: (d) a and c Explanation: The Rajput dynasty that ruled Kannauj was (d) a and c, referring to the Gurjara Pratiharas and the Gahadavalas. Kannauj, located in present-day Uttar Pradesh, was an important political and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":145453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018],"tags":[5019],"class_list":["post-145452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-quiz","tag-upsc-history-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145454,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145452\/revisions\/145454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}