Question : The rulers of which of the following Rajput dynasties patronised Jainism, and one of them is reported to have accepted Jainism under the influence of a Jain scholar, Hemachandra?
Option 1: Pratihara
Option 2: Parmara
Option 3: Chalukya
Option 4: Chahman
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Correct Answer: Chalukya
Solution : The correct option is Chalukya.
Many South Indian royal dynasties, including the Gangas, Kadambas, Chalukyas, and Rashtrakutas, began to support Jainism in the fifth century AD. Both the Ganga ruler (twelfth century), Nitimarga, and the Chalukya ruler (10th century AD), Somadeva, generously donated and installed numerous Jain figures in Jain temples.
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Option 3: Kanishka
Option 4: Kautilya
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Option 1: Maski
Option 2: Hathigumpha
Option 3: Aihole
Option 4: Nasik
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Option 1: Buddhist
Option 2: Jain
Option 3: Hindu
Option 4: Islam
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Option 1: Satavahana
Option 2: Shunga
Option 3: Yavana
Option 4: Pandya
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Option 2: Harsha
Option 3: Pulakeshin II
Option 4: Kharavela
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