Question

Q73. Match the following literature and their writer
List I List II
I. Banabhatta a. kadambari
II. Mahendravaraman I b. Mattavilasaprahasanam
III. Perundevanar c. Bharathavenba
III. Jinasena d. Parsvabhudaya

• A. (a) I-a II-b; III-c; IV-d t-->
• B. (b) I-d II-c; III-b; IV-a t-->
• C. (c) I-c II-d; III-b; IV-a t-->
• D. (d) I-a II-b; III-d; IV-c t-->

Answer 1

The correct option is A (a) I-a II-b; III-c; IV-d t-->

Harsha was a great patron of learning. His biographer Banabhatta adorned his royal court. Besides Harshacharita, he wrote Kadambari.
Mahendravaraman-I composed the Sanskrit play Mattavilasaprahasanam.
Perundevanar was patronized by Nandivarman-II and he translated the Mahabharata as Bharathavenba in Tamil. The Jain literature flourished under the patronage of the Rashtrakutas. Amogavarsha-I, who was a Jain patronized many Jain scholars. His teacher Jinasena composed Parsvabhudaya, a biography of Parsva in verses