Question

Kalyani chalukya kingdom was established in ________ _______.
A)973 A.D
B)1012 A.D
C)783 A.D
D)1106 A.D

Answer 1

Hint: In Kannada, "Kannadigaru" is the plural form that speaks the language of Kannada and traces its origins to the state of Karnataka in India and its surrounding regions. Kannada belongs to the Dravidian family's language family.

Complete answer: Kalyani Chalukya is referred to as the Western Chalukya kingdom. After Dantidurga had killed the Chalukyas of Badami, they revived in around 973 AD after two centuries. It was known as the Kalyani Chalukyas. It lasted for two centuries and was founded by Taila II after defeating Kakka II, the last ruler of Rashtrakuta.
Much of the western Deccan, South India, was controlled by the Western Chalukya Kingdom between the 10th and 12th centuries. After its regal capital at Kalyani, today's Basavakalyan in the modern Bidar district of Karnataka state, this Kannadiga dynasty is often called the Kalyani Chalukya, and alternatively the Later Chalukya from its theoretical link to the Chalukya dynasty of Badami in the 6th century. To distinguish from the contemporary Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, a separate dynasty, the dynasty is called Western Chalukyas. For over two centuries, the Rashtrakuta kingdom of Manyakheta ruled much of Deccan and Central India prior to the emergence of these Chalukyas.
Options B, C and D can be easily eliminated.
Therefore, option A is correct.

Note: The last ruler of the Kaaka II dynasty of Rashtrakuta (Karaka) was killed in 973 AD by Taila II or Tailapa II, the scion of the old Chalukya stock. Thus, the Kalyani Chalukyas dynasty, which lasted 2 centuries, was established by Taila II. They have been in conflict with the Cholas and even with the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi for 200 years.