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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 76 of 200

Q76
History of IndiaEarly Medieval India: Palas, Rajputs & the South
Who composed the ‘Vikramankadevacharita’?
  1. a.Bilhana
  2. b.Ravikirti
  3. c.Banabhatta
  4. d.Kalhana

Answer: (A) Bilhana

Bilhana, the Kashmiri poet at the court of the Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI of Kalyani, wrote the Vikramankadevacharita in his patron's praise. Ravikirti composed the Aihole inscription, Banabhatta the Harshacharita, and Kalhana the Rajatarangini.

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