SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 29

SSC MTS - 25 July 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q29

Banabhatta was the court poet of ______.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Harshavardhana.

  • Banabhatta was the court poet of King Harshavardhana of Vardhana dynasty.
  • Banabhatta has written the biography of ‘Harshavaradhana’ and called it ‘Harshacharita’.
  • Harshcharita was the first historical biography in the Sanskrit language.
  • Harshcharita is written in the poetic prose which narrates the biography of the emperor Harshavaradhna in eight chapters.