Match List - I with List - II:
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Gotami | (I) | Vakatakas |
| (B) | Draupadi | (II) | Mahabharata |
| (C) | Prabhavati Gupta | (III) | Matanga Jataka |
| (D) | Dittha Mangalika | (IV) | Satavahanas |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
(A) Gotami — this matches (IV) Satavahanas. The names of Satavahana rulers recovered from inscriptions include raja Gotami-puta Siri-Satakani; Gotami-puta means “son of Gotami”.
(B) Draupadi — this matches (II) Mahabharata. In the Mahabharata, Draupadi is supposed to have asked Yudhisthira whether he had lost himself before staking her.
(C) Prabhavati Gupta — this matches (I) Vakatakas. Prabhavati Gupta, the daughter of Chandragupta II, was married into the family of the Vakatakas, who were powerful in the Deccan.
(D) Dittha Mangalika — this matches (III) Matanga Jataka. In the Matanga Jataka, a Pali text, Dittha Mangalika, the daughter of a merchant, saw the Bodhisattva born as a chandala’s son, Matanga, and exclaimed that she had seen something inauspicious.
NCERT (2026-27): “Source 4 … These are the names of several generations of Satavahana rulers, recovered from inscriptions. Note the uniform title raja. Also note the following word, which ends with the term puta, a Prakrit word meaning ‘son’. The term Gotami-puta means ‘son of Gotami’. Names like Gotami and Vasithi are feminine forms of Gotama and Vasistha, Vedic seers after whom gotras were named.… Source 11 … Draupadi is supposed to have asked Yudhisthira whether he had lost himself before staking her.… THREE … One of the most challenging episodes in the Mahabharata is Draupadi’s marriage with the Pandavas, an instance of polyandry that is central to the narrative. If we examine the section of the epic that describes this event, it is evident that the author(s) attempted to explain it in a variety of ways.… Source 10 … One day, when he had gone to the city on some work, he encountered Dittha Mangalika, the daughter of a merchant. When she saw him, she exclaimed ‘I have seen something inauspicious’ and washed her eyes.… 5.4 Land grants and new rural elites … Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of one of the most important rulers in early Indian history, Chandragupta II (c. 375-415 CE). She was married into another important ruling family, that of the Vakatakas, who were powerful in the Deccan (see Map 3).…” |