UPSC History Early empire (6 BCE to 1 CE) Question Bank Sangam/Deccans Era

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    Which of the following writers has mentioned the river Namiada as the dividing line between Aryavartta and Daksinapatha?

    A)  Kautilya                       

    B)  Sudraka                       

    C)  Rajasekhara                 

    D)  Dandin

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     Rajashekhara lias mentioned the river Narmada as die dividing line between Aryavarta and Dakshinapatha. Sanskrit literature names as the dividing-line between Aryavarta or die Uttarapatha and the Dakshinapatha, i.e. between northern and southern India, sometimes the Vindhya mountains, sometimes the river Nerbudda (Narmada, Narbada) which, flowing close along the south of die Vindhya range, empties itself into the gulf of Cambay near Broach, in Gujarat


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