Q. Who among the following composed Aihole inscription of Pulikesin II?

[A] Ravikirti

[B] Pampa

[C] Nannaya

[D] Appar

Answer: A
Notes:

The Aihole inscription of Pulikesin II composed by his court poet Ravikirti in Sanskrit is among the most important of Chalukyan inscriptions. Kavirajamarga, a work on poetics in Kannada, Vikramarjuna-vijayam, also called Pampa-bharata, by Pampa in Kannada, which were all of a later period, and Nannaya’s Mahabharatam in Telugu also provide useful historical data.

Source: Tamil Nadu state board class 11, page 139.

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