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UPSC 2023: With reference to ancient Indian History, consider the following pairs : Literary work : Author 1. Devichandragupta : Bilhana 2. Hammira-Mahakavya : Nayachandra Suri 3. Milinda-panha : Nagarjuna 4. Nitivakyamrita : Somadeva Suri How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
(a)Only one
(b)Only two
(c)Only three
(d)All four
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Only two
Devī-Chandraguptam is credited to Viśākhadatta, not Bilhaṇa ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devichandraguptam?utm_source=openai)); Hammīra-Mahākāvya was composed by the Jain poet Nayachandra Sūri ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammira_Mahakavya?utm_source=openai)); Milinda-Pañha records a dialogue of the monk Nāgasena, not Nāgārjuna ([britannica.com](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Milinda-panha?utm_source=openai)); Nīti-vākyāmṛta is by the Jain scholar Somadeva Sūri ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somadeva_Suri?utm_source=openai)). Thus exactly two pairs (2 and 4) are correct.
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