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A Gomateshwara statue was built at Sravanabelagola. Who among the following has built it ?


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Chandragupta Maurya

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Kharvela

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Amoghavarsha

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Chamundaraya

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Solution

The correct option is D

Chamundaraya


Chamundaraya Bahubali also called Gomateshwara was an Arihant. According to Jainism, he was the second of the hundred sons of the first Tirthankara, Rishabha and king of Podanpur. A monolithic statue of Bahubali referred to as “Gommateshvara” built by the Ganga dynasty minister and commander Chamundaraya is a 60 feet (18 m) monolith and is situated above a hill in Shravanabelagola, in the Hassan district of Karnataka. It was built in the 10th century AD.


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