Identify the correct statements among the following:
(A) 'Sovanika' was the word used for an iron smith.
(B) An inscription of Prabhavati Gupta and the village of Danguna was engraved by Chakradasa.
(C) Agrahara was land granted to a Brahmana.
(D) Harshacharita was written by Harshavardhana.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (C) only
(A) ‘Sovanika’ was the word used for an iron smith. Incorrect. Sovanika means a goldsmith. A Prakrit inscription from Mathura records that Nagapiya, the wife of a goldsmith (sovanika) named Dharmaka, installed an image in a shrine.
(B) An inscription of Prabhavati Gupta and the village of Danguna was engraved by Chakradasa. Correct. Prabhavati Gupta’s charter, by which she donated the village of Danguna, ends with the words “engraved by Chakradasa”.
(C) Agrahara was land granted to a Brahmana. Correct. An agrahara was land granted to a Brahmana, who was usually exempted from paying land revenue and other dues to the king.
(D) Harshacharita was written by Harshavardhana. Incorrect. The Harshacharita is a biography of Harshavardhana, the ruler of Kanauj, composed by his court poet, Banabhatta.
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