Q. Consider the following pairs:
Literary WorkAuthor
1. DevichandraguptaBilhana
2. Hammira-MahakavyaNayachandra Suri
3. Milinda-panhaNagarjuna
4. NitivakyamritaSomadeva Suri
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Answer: B
Notes:
Explanation:
- Pair 1 is incorrectly matched: Devichandragupta was authored by Vishakhadatta (author of Mudrarakshasa), not Bilhana (who wrote Vikramankadevacharita).
- Pair 2 is correctly matched: Hammira-Mahakavya, an important 15th-century Sanskrit epic, was composed by the Jain scholar Nayachandra Suri.
- Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Milinda-panha (Questions of King Menander) records dialogue between King Menander I and the Buddhist sage Nagasena.
- Pair 4 is correctly matched: Nitivakyamrita, a classical treatise on statecraft, was written by the 10th-century Digambara scholar Somadeva Suri.
