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SSC CHSL 2019 PYQ — Question 45

SSC CHSL - 8th July 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q45

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The present day city of Bhopal was built by which of the following Pratihara rulers?

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Correct answer: A

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The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Mihir Bhoja.

The present-day city of Bhopal was built by which of the following Pratihara rulers?

Mihir Bhoja

Who was Mihir Bhoja?
  • Mihira Bhoja or Bhoja I was a ruler of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty of India.
  • He succeeded his father Ramabhadra.
  • Bhoja was a devotee of Vishnu and adopted the title of Ādivarāha which is inscribed on some of his coins.
  • At its height, Bhoja's empire extended to Narmada River in the South, Sutlej River in the northwest, and up to Bengal in the east.
  • During his reign, the capital was in Kannauj (present-day Uttar Pradesh), during his period Kannauj was referred as Panchala.