Question

The Arab traveller who visited the court of Amoghavarsha?
a. Nuniz
b. Suleiman
c. Almasud
d. Barbosa

Answer 1

Hint: The traveller who visited the court of “ Amoghavarsha “ was a Muslim merchant and writer of 9th century. He visited during the reign of the Pala empire. The pala empire belongs to the period of Post-classical history.

Complete solution:
The Arab traveller “ Suleiman “ visited during the reign of the Pala empire. Nowadays, the Pala empire is a part of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The capital of this empire was Pataliputra, Gour, and Mungar. The empire followed the “ Monarchy” type of government. In this type of government, the empire is ruled by a single ruler until death. The languages spoken during this empire were Sanskrit and Prakrit.

Amoghavarsha was born on 800 AD. His full name was Sharva. He was a Rashtrakuta emperor. He was the successor of Krishna II. He died on 878 AD. He followed the religion of “Janinism”. The important source of information about “ Amoghavarsha” has been found with the help of Manne inscription of 803. It is also found that he was a scholar in Kannada and Sanskrit literature. His writings in Kannada language include the book “ Kavirajamarg”.

Additional Information: The Sanskrit writing of Amoghavarsha include the book “ Prashnotara Ratnamallika”. He wrote this book when he isolated himself from the conflicts and affairs of the state.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
 He has mentioned several writers and poets in his books such as Vimala, Nagarjuna, Udaya, Jayabandhu, Durvinita, Kavisvara, Pandita, Chandra, Lokpala, and Srivijaya. Some of the famous scholars of his time were Jinasena, Ghunabhadra, Virasena etc.