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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 12 of 200

Q12
History of IndiaEarly Medieval India: Palas, Rajputs & the South
Who composed ‘Rajatarangini’?
  1. a.Kalhana
  2. b.Bilhana
  3. c.Banabhatta
  4. d.Ashvaghosha

Answer: (A) Kalhana

Kalhana, a 12th-century Kashmiri poet, wrote the Rajatarangini, a verse chronicle of the kings of Kashmir. Bilhana wrote the Vikramankadevacharita, Banabhatta the Harshacharita, and Ashvaghosha the Buddhacharita.