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Vakatakas Dynasty Rulers Chronology
a) Vindhyasakti I ( 250 - 270 CE )
b) Pravarasena I ( 270 - 330 CE )
c) Rudrasena I ( 330 - 355 CE )
d) Prithivisena I ( 355 - 380 CE )
e) Rudrasena II ( 380 - 385 CE )
f) Pravarasena II ( 400 - 440 CE )
g) Narendrasena ( 440 - 460 CE )
h) Prithvisena II ( 460 - 480 CE )
i) Sarvasena ( 330 - 355 CE )
j) Vindhyasena ( 355 - 400 CE )
k) Pravarasena II ( 400 - 415 CE )
l) Devasena ( 450 - 475 CE )
m) Harisena ( 475 - 500 CE )
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1) Vakatakas ruled in Deccan from the middle of the 3rd century to the 6th century C.E2) After the fall of the Satavahana empire, Abhiras declared independence in the area near Nasik in Maharastra and Vakataskas in the Eastern Berer
3) Matrimonial alliances of Vakatakas, Guptas, and Nagas in the North, Vishnukunds in the Eastern Deccan and Kadambas in the western Deccan
4) Vakataka Empire extended from the Arabian Sea in the west to Chhattisgarh in the east and from Malwa, Gujarat, Bundelkhandand and Bagelkhand in the north to the banks of Tungabhadra River in the south
5) Vatsagulma branch of the Vakatakas ruled territories comprising Nanded and Aurangabad districts of Maharastra and some Telangana districts such as Adilabad
6) Key political center of the Vakatakas are been Vidarbha and Bagelkhand areas
7) According to early inscriptions of the Vakatakas, 'Purika Pattanam' and 'Chanaka' served as their capitals in the beginning, later 'Pravarapura' (Paunar) near Wardha became their capital
8) Vakatakas reigned lasts for 3 centuries i e.,250 C.E to 560 C.E.
9) Inscriptional sources of Vakataka's History, only a few are stone slab inscriptions, all the rest are inscribed on copper plates
10) Majority inscriptional sources of Vakatakas belonged to Nandivardhana - Pravarapura branch and few belong to the Vatsagulma(Basim) branch
11) Vakatakas inscriptions are in Sanskrit language and in Brahmi script
12) Majority of the Vakatakas inscriptions gives details about land grants to ascetics, temples, Brahmins and Officials
13) Mandhal copper plate inscriptions issued by Rudrasena in his 5th regnal year
14) Indore, Yavatmal, Masod, Mandhal Inscriptions were issued by Pravarasena II, Masod inscriptions issued while granting land to 19 brahmins.
Note: Mandthal, Maharjari Inscriptions were issued by Prithvisena II15) Miregoan inscriptions issued by Prabhavatigupta during the reign of Pravarasena II were found near Poona in 1912.
16) Prabhavati Gupta was the wife of Rudrasena II and the daughter of Chandra Gupta II.
17) In the Miregaon inscriptions, Prabhavati Gupta mentioned that she was the mother of Vakataka Maharajasri Damodarasena and Pravarasena.
18) According to Professor V.V. Mirasi, after the death of Pravarasena I, Vakatakas got divided into 4 branches of kingdoms.
19) Gouthamiputra established Nandivardhana - Pravarapura branch and Sarvasena started the Vatsagulma branch.
20) Hisse - Borala stone inscriptions of Devasena were found near Basimin, Aloka District.
21) According to Hisse - Borala inscription, Arya Svamilladeva an official of Devasena has constructed Sudarsan lake.
22) Devasena in 5th regnal year issued Bidar inscriptions while making a grant of a village near Bidar.
23) Saka Kshatrapa silver coins were found in the Vakataka Kingdom. According to historians, Vakatakas used Kadambas, Vishnukunds and Ishavakus issued coins and thought to be vakatakas not issued their own coinage
24) Silver punch-marked coins known as Karshapanas were in circulation in India until the medieval period.
25) Fahien, Chinese Buddhist traveler (400-414 AD) who visited India during Gupta rule, stated that people used cowries as a medium of exchange.
26) According to Ajaymitra Sastry, coins Nandivardhana Pravarpura branch have been found recently at Paunar near Wardha.
27) On the copper coins of Prithvisena II, "Sri Maharaja Prithvi" was written in Brahmi script, and other coins 'Sri Rendra' was written in Brahmi script (Ruler Narendrasena)
28) The physical remains of Vakataka were found at Paunar, Mansar, Nandapur, Ramtek, Nagara etc.
29) Paunar developed as a political, trade and cultural center in time of Vakatakas,
30) During excavations, Durga statue, a statue of Kevala Narasimha in sitting posture, Vishnu lying on sesha, Buddha image and many other sculptures were found.
31) The paintings of Buddha and Bodhisattvas were found in the caves of Ajanta XVI and XVII.
32) According to Puranas, 'Vindhyakula' Dynasty was established by 'Vindhyasakti'
33) According to Puranas, Pravara son of Vindhyasakti extended the empire and performed 4 Asvamedha sacrifices.
34) Vistrutha Charitra, part of 'Dasakumara Charitra; was written by Dandi.
35) Dasakumara Charitra gives details about the downfall of the Vakataka Kingdom.
36) Kalidasa who lived during the time of Chandragupta II focused his writings on the social, economic, and cultural conditions of Vakataka.
37) Ramgiri which was mentioned in Kalidasa's Meghadutam identified as 'Ramtek' by 'Professor .Mirasi.
38) K.P Jayaswal located the place of origin of the Vakatakas in the Bundelkhand - Bagelkhand region(Vindhya region).
39) According K.P Jayaswal, Vakataka's name came from a village called 'Vakat' or 'Bhagat' in the Jhansi district.
40) According Puranas, Vakatakas regarded as 'Vindhyas' and their first ruler 'Vindhyasakti', and capital referred as 'Purika' and 'Chanaka'.
41) Pravara, the son of Vidhyasakti ruled for 60 years.
42) V.A Smith opined that Central India, Vindhya Region was the original home of the Vakatakas.
43) Villages name of Nimad District of Madhya Pradesh with the name 'Vakad', 'Vakatakam' word in Vakataka inscriptions meant Vakataka region.
44) S.V Sohani has opined that Madhya Pradesh was the first home of the Vakatakas.
45) Based on Puranas, D.C.Sircar opined Eastern Malwa was the original home of Vakatakas.
46) Inscription of Rudrasena I was found at Devtek in Chandra district.
47) H.C Roychoudhary opine, the Berer region happened to be the first habitation of the Vakatakas.
48) Professor V.V. Mirasi has opined, south India was the original home of the Vakatakas.
49) According to Amaravati inscription, Gahapati(Gruhapathi) and his 2 wives, relatives and friends visited Anala stupa.
50) According to V.V. Mirasi, Vakataka Grahapathi might be the founder of the Vakataka dynasty.
51) Professor Mirasi opined Pallava and Vakataka Kingdoms are neighboring kingdoms in South India based on similarities of words that occurred in Basim copper plate inscriptions of Vakataka King Vindhyasakti II and the Hirahadagalli and Mydavolu inscriptions of Pallava Sivaskanda Varma
52) Basim copper plate inscriptions referred to Vakataka King, Vindhyasakti as 'Hariputra'.
53) Vakataka rulers were praised in Basim copper plate inscriptions, Pravarasena I, Sarvasena and Vindhyasakti with the title of 'Dharma Maharaja'.
54) Ghatotkacha Cave inscription of Varahadeva(Vakataka Minister) stated 'Vallur Brahmins(Hastibhija, Varahadeva) belonging to South India.
55) Prof Mirasi has identified Vallur as 'Velur' village in the present Karimnagar District.
56) Prof Mirasi mentioned, 'Paunar' which is 8km away from Wardha was capital of Vakatakas, and it was built by Pravarasena II.
57) According to Dr.Buhler, Vakatakas belonged to the 5th century C.E but Dr.Fleet and Kielhorn opined to 8th-century C.E.
58) Copperplate inscriptions of Vakataka King, Vindhyasakti II were found in 1939 at Basim or Vasim in Akola District of Vidarbha.
59) No mention of Vatakatas caste in the Puranas
60) Historians opined Vindhyakula and Pravarulu who were mentioned in the Puranas are the same Vakatakas that are mentioned in the inscriptions
61) According to Ajanta Stone Inscription, Dr. Bhaudaji opined Vakatakas belonged to the greek race.
62) Vakatakas declared themselves as Brahmans in their inscriptions.
63) It is described in the inscription that Vindhyasakti was a brahman belonging to 'Vishnu Vruddha' gotra.
64) XVI cave inscription of Ajanta describes 'Vindhyasakti' as 'Vakataka Vamsadhvaja' and dvija.
65) Vindhyasakti was the father of Pravarasena I, and after the death of Vindhyasakti, Pravarasena succeeded to the throne.
66) Puranas mentioned Pravarasena I ruled Vakatakas kingdom for 60 years.
67) Pravarasena I was a follower of Vedic religion and performed Vedic rites like Vajapeya, Athiratra, and Agnistoma.
68) Pravarasena I was referred to as 'Samrat' and Dharma Maharaja in Basim inscriptions.
69) Pavarasena I' declared himself as Haritiputra
70) According to the Puranas, 'Pravarasena I' had four sons.
71) Rudrasena I was the son of Gouthamiputra, who became king after Pravarasena I.
72) Rudrasena I ruled Vakataskas with a capital of Pravarapura ( Paunar ) in Wardha District and
Nandivardhanam in Nagpur District
73) Rudrasena I only one inscription was found in Chandrapur.
74) According to K.P Jayaswal, Rudrasena I was Rudradeva who was one of the 9 rulers of Aryavarta that were defeated by Samudragupta.
75) Mirasi opined Samudragupta had no enmity with the Vakatakas because there is no reference to the Vakataka rulers in the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta
76) Rudrasena I was the devotee of Mahabhairava.
77) In Rudrasena I rule, Basim ruler (Vetragulma branch), Vindhyasena conquered the Kuntala Kingdom and Bagelakhand.
78) Prithivisena was the son of Rudrasena I, after the death of Rudrasena, Prithvisena succeeded in his throne.
79) Prithvisena I ruled Vakatakas for 25 years.
80) Chandragupta II, the Gupta ruler, defeated the Saka Kshatrapas(Malwa) with the help of Rudrasena II.
81) Prithvisena shifted his capital to Nandivardhana near Nagpur.
82) Rudrasena II was the son of Prithvisena I, and he died in a short period of 4-5 years.
83) Prabhavati Gupta adopted Vaishnavism.
84) Rudrasena II had two sons, they were Divakarasna and Damodarasena.
85) Prabhavati Gupta kept her minor son, Divakarasena on the throne and herself acted as regent(ruler) for sometime and after the death of her son Divakarasena, Damodarasena(second son) was kept on the throne, in this way she acted as regent for his two sons.
86) Prabhavathi Gupta declared herself to be the daughter of Devagupta.
87) Historians opined Devagupta was Chandragupta II Vikramaditya.
88) Damodarasena had another name of Pravaarsena II.
89) Pravarasena II 17 copper plates inscriptions were found at places like Amaravati, Wardha, Bitul, Nagapur, Chindwara, Bhandara and Balaghat in Vidarbha region.
94) Pravarasena II wrote 'Sethubandha' in Maharastra Prakrit.
95) Pravarasena II made Pravarapura as his capital and build a wonderful temple for Sreeramachandra.
96) Narendrasena was the son of Pravarasena II.
97) Narendrasena married the Kuntala princes, Ajijitabhattarika, she was the daughter of Kadamba King named 'Kakutsa Varma'.
98) Prithivisena II was the son of Narendrasena, he was the last king of the main branch of Vakatakas.
99) After the death of Prithvisena, Harisena of Vatsagulma occupied northern Vidarbha.
100) Vishnukunds fought against Harisena to overthrow the main branch of the Vakataka dynasty.
101) The coins of Vishnukunds were found largely in South Maharastra, Nagpur, Vidarbha, and Nasik.
102) Vikramendra Bhattaraka Varma II was the son of Madhava Varma and declared himself as the son of Vakataka Mahadevi in inscriptions.
103) Basim copper plate inscriptions and Ajanta inscriptions provide information about Sarvasena and Vatsagulma branch.
104) Sarvasena the younger brother of Pravarasena was the founder of the Vatsagulma branch.
105) Basim (Vatsagulma) located in the Akola district in Vidarbha (Berer) region was made capital of the Vatsagulma branch of Vakatakas.
106) Sarvasena had the title of 'Dharma Maharaja', he wrote 'Harivijayam' in Prakrit.
107) Basim inscriptions refer Vindhyasena as 'Vindhyasakti', he has issued inscriptions in his 27th regnal year.
108) Pravarasena II was the son of Vindhyasena and he ascended the throne after the death of Vindhyasena.
109) Ghatotkacha cave inscription of Varahadeva II describes Devasena as 'Devaraja'.
110) Swamiladeva an official of Devasena, built water source 'Sudarasana' near Basim.
111) Harisena was the son of Devasena became ruler after the death of Devasena.
112) Harisena was the greatest among all the rulers of the Vatsagulma branch.
113) Varahadeva son of Hastibhoja was the minister of Harisena.
114) Administrative system of Vakatakas are carried out according to the Smritis and Dharmasastras and the administration was centralized one.
115) Division of the Vakataka Dynasty
Empire --> Divided into States or provinces
Province --> Divided into Vishayas
Vishayas --> Divided into Aharas or Bhogas or Bhuktis
116) Land tax was the main source of revenue for Vakatakas, 1/4th to 1/6th of crop yield was collected as tax.
117) Vakatakas maintained big army and Senapati used to supervise matters related to army.
118) Ganj stone inscription of Vyagharadeva mentioned about the construction of the reservoir and it was in the name of 'Viraka'.
119) according to historians, Vakatakas were Brahmans and followed the Kshatriya profession, this was referred as Brahma Kshatriyas.
120) The majority of the Vakataka rulers were Saivites and some were Vaishnavas.
121) Due to the influence of Queen Prabhavati Gupta, Pravarasena II changed to Vaishnavism and described as the devotee of chakrapani.
122) Inscriptions described Prabhati Gupta as Atyanta Bhagavadbhakha and Prithvisena II as Paramabhagavata.
123) Vakatakas rulers such as Pravarasena II, Rudrasena I and Prithvisena I are Saivas.
124) Prithisena I was a devotee of Mahesvara, and Pravarasena II was a devotee of Sambhu.
125) Prithvisena I built a Siva temple, Rudrasena I built a temple known as Dharmasthana, and Pravarasena II built a temple known as Ramachandra.
126) Rulers belonging to the main Vakataka branch were the followers of Vedic religion and Vatsagulma branch rulers were followers of Buddhism.
127) 'Harivijayam' was a poetical work written by Sarvasena, who explains about the story of Srikrishna getting Parijatam tree from heaven.
128) Setubandham has 15 aswasas in it.
129) Chandragupta II and Ramagiri Kalidasa wrote Meghasandesam (Meghadutam).
130) According to Professor V.V.Mirasi, Ramagiri was identified as the present Ramtek.
131) Pravarasena happened to be a paramabhagavata and a devotee of Rama.
132) Vakataka rulers build temples like Ramtek Ramachandra temple, Varaha temple, Vamanavatara temple(Trivikrama temple) and Kevala Narasimha temple.
133) In the 15th cave of Ajanta, Ganga-Yamuna sculptures were carved and dance use sculptures were carved in cave numbers 16, 17, 19 in the place of Ganga-Yamuna sculptures
134) There are 30 caves at Ajanta.
135) Ajanta caves were unexpectedly recognized by John Smith in the year of 1919.
136) Among all Ajanta caves, some caves belonged to Theravada and some others to Mahayana.
137) Important life events of Buddha and Buddhist Jataka stories have been painted on Ajanta caves.
138) In Ajanta cave No 1, Mahajanaka Jatakam and in 17th cave 'Maha Hamsa Jatakam' and 'Matrhruposhaka Jatakam' scenes have been carved.
139) Deepaankara Buddha of 'Deepankara Jataka' was carved several times in the Ajanta Cave number 26.
140) Scene of Buddha wandering as a beggar in front of Yasodha and Rahul in Kapilavastu city was carved in the cave number 19.
141) The 'Mahaparivarma' of Buddha was carved in the cave No 26.
142) In the Vihara of cave No 1, Buddha statue in Dharmachakrapravartana can be seen.
143) 16th cave of Ajanta has been cut by Varahadeva, it is one of leading in all Ajanta caves.
144) The 17th cave of Ajanta was cut by Upendra Gupta belonging to the Rishika Kingdom.
MCQ Question Vakatakas dynasty Telangana History
1) Vakatakas had matrimonial alliances with ______ in the north region. a) Vishnukunds and Kadanbas b) Guptas and Nagas c) Vishnukunds and Nagas d) Kadambas and Guptasb) Guptas and Nagas
a) Vishnukunds
a) Kadambas
b) Chhattisgarh
d) All of the above
a) Tungabhadra
a) Vatsagulma
c) Both a and b
c) Purika Pattanam and Chanaka
a) Pravarapura
d) 250 C.E to 560 C.E
d) All of the above
b) Basim
b) Rudrasena II
a) Chandragupta II
a) Prabhavati Gupta
c) Prabhavati Gupta
b) 4 Branches
a) Gouthamiputhra
b) Sarvasena
a) Basim
d) Arya Svamilladeva
d) None of the above
b) Vakatakas
b) Vakatakas
c) Cowries
b) Sri Maharaja Prithvi
d) Sri Rendra
d) All of the above
b) Vindhyasakti
d) None of the above
b) Impure Yavanas
b) Vindhyasakthi
a) Dandi
b) Downfall of the Vakataka dynasty
a) Pravarasena II
c) Both a and b
d) Vidhya Region
c) Both a and b
c) Jhansi
a) Vindhyakas
c) Vindhyasakti
c) Both a and b
b) 60 years
d) Central India
a) Madhya Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
b) Vidisa
c) Eastern Malwa
d) Northern India
c) South India
d) South India
d) Karimnagar
c) Jhansi
a) Asvameda
b) Greek Race
c) Both a and b
b) Brahmins
c) Both a and b
d) Vindhyasakti I
c) Sisuka
d) Vedic Religion
d) All of the above
c) Both a and b
a) Haritiputra
c) 4 Sons
b) Gouthamiputra
a) Chandrapur
d) Mahabhairava
c) Both a and b
b) 25 years
d) 2
c) Prithvisena II
a) Mahesvara
a) Sarvasena
c) 30 caves
c) 1919
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