Who is the author of Yashodharman's Sondani inscription?

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Correct — B, Vasul Kavi. The Sondani pillar inscriptions, near Mandsaur (ancient Dashapura) in Madhya Pradesh, commemorate the 6th-century Malwa (Aulikara) king Yashodharman's victory over the Huna ruler Mihirakula. The official key credits their composition to the poet Vasul Kavi.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Not the poet credited with the Sondani inscription by the official key.  (c) Not the poet credited with the Sondani inscription by the official key.  (d) A real inscription-poet, but of a different king and a different, later inscription — Ravikirti composed the Aihole inscription praising the 7th-century Chalukya king Pulakeshin II, not Yashodharman's 6th-century Sondani pillars.

Concept: Yashodharman was a 6th-century CE ruler of Malwa (of the Aulikara line) who defeated the Huna king Mihirakula and helped check the Huna advance into India — a local ruler's victory commemorated independently of the Gupta empire. This triumph is recorded in pillar inscriptions at Sondani, near Mandsaur (ancient Dashapura), which extol Yashodharman's dominion in famously expansive terms.

State PCS 2024 Q100 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2024 Q100 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer