Bhima I was a Rajput king from the Chalukya Dynasty who ruled parts of present-day Gujarat roughly between 1022 CE and 1064 CE. Which of the following do you think was the language of literature in North India during the same period?
A
Sanskrit
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B
Kannada
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C
Tamil
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D
Pali
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Solution
The correct option is A Sanskrit Bhima I was a Rajput king from the Chalukya Dynasty who ruled parts of present-day Gujarat roughly between 1022 CE and 1064 CE. The Sun Temple at Modhera was built during his reign.
Sanskrit was still the language of literature in North India around the 11th and 12th centuries, although there were rudimentary forms of more modern Indian languages like Hindi beginning to form by this period.