Question

Valabhi was an ancient city in which state.
A. Maharashtra
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Kerala

Answer 1

Hint: -Valabhi, in Saurashtra, was an ancient city.
-It was an important centre of Jain and Buddhist philosophy between the 5th and 8th centuries CE. The Chinese Bauddha monks, Yuan Chwang and Itsing visited Valabhi.
-Valabhi, a town in ancient India in the 5th-8th centuries CE, was the capital of the Maitraka dynasty.

Complete answer: (a) Maharashtra-
Vallabhi is an ancient city situated in Gujarat's Saurashtra Peninsula. This is not the correct answer, Hence Option A. is an incorrect option.
(b)Rajasthan-
Vallabhi is an ancient city situated in Gujarat's Saurashtra Peninsula. This is not the correct answer, Hence Option B. is an incorrect option.
(c)Gujarat-
Valabhi, a town in ancient India in the 5th-8th centuries CE, was the capital of the Maitraka dynasty. It was located northwest of the port of Bhavnagar, in Saurashtra (later Gujarat), western India, on the inlet of the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay).
(d)Kerala-
Vallabhi is an ancient city situated in Gujarat's Saurashtra Peninsula. This is not the correct answer, Hence Option D. is an incorrect option.
Hence, Option C. Gujarat is the correct answer.

Note: -Valabhi, with numerous Buddhist monasteries, was a celebrated centre of study. In the middle of the 7th century, the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang visited it and Yijing at the end of the century. The latter identified it as equivalent to the renown of Nalanda, in Bihar, the Buddhist monastic centre.
-In the 5th or 6th century CE, according to a Jaina tradition, the second Jaina council was convened in Valabhi; the Jaina scriptures adopted their present form at this council.
-The town has now disappeared, but it is connected with a settlement, Vala, where various Maitrakas copperplate inscriptions and seals have been discovered.