Question

Which dynasty of South India claimed that its ancesters had ruled at Ayodhya?

A Chalukyas of Kalyani
B Cholas
C Pallavas
D Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta

Answer & Explanation

Answer: [A]

The late Chalukyan inscriptions also lay claim to Ayodhya as their ancestral home. But all this seems to have been done to claim legitimacy and respectability. Some others thought that the Chalukyas were a local Kanarese people who improvised into the ruling Varna under Brahmanical influence.