Q. With reference to ancient Indian History, consider the following pairs::
Literary work—–Author
1.Devichandragupta—–Bilhana
2.ammira-Mahakavya—–Nayachandra Suri
3.Milinda-panha—-Nagarjuna
4.Nitivakyamrita—-Somadeva Suri
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Pair 1 is incorrectly matched: Devi-Chandraguptam is the Sanskrit play of Vishakhadeva (Vishakhadatta). Its the story of Gupta King Ramagupta who decides to surrender his queen Dhruvadevi to a Shaka invader but his younger brother Chandragupta enters the enemy camp disguised as queen and kills the enemy.
Pair 2 is correctly matched: Hammira Mahakavya is a 15th-century Indian Sanskrit epic poem written by the Jain scholar Nayachandra Suri. It is a legendary biography of the 13th century Chahamana king Hammira.
Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: The “Milinda Pañha” (also known as the “Questions of King Milinda” or “The Debate of King Milinda”) is a famous Pali Buddhist text written by Nagasena that is considered part of the Theravada Buddhist tradition. It is a dialogue between the Indo-Greek king Menander I (known as Milinda in Pali) and the Buddhist monk Nagasena.
Pair 4 is correctly matched: Somadeva Suri was a south Indian Jain monk of the 10th century CE. Somadeva Suri also wrote the Nitivakyamrtam “Nectar of the Science of Polity”, a treatise on statecraft. The text of the Nitivakyamrtam mentions that Somadeva was also the author of a literary work called Yashastilaka
Source: https://dbpedia.org/page/Devichandraguptam https://dbpedia.org/page/Hammira_Mahakavya https://www.britannica.com/topic/Milinda-panha
