Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

The Chalukyas

1. When did the Chalukyas kingdom exist?
2. Write about Khusrau II?
3. Name the capital of the Chalukya kingdom.
4. What is remarked by Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese traveller, about the Chalukyas?

Answer 1

1. The Chalukya kingdom existed contemporaneously with the rule of the Sassanid dynasty in
   Persia.
2. Khusrau II, the last great king of the Sassanid dynasty had a close relationship with the Tang dynasty in China, and the Chalukya ruler Pulakesin II. They exchanged ambassadors.
3. Badami was their capital.
4. According to Hiuen Tsang, ‘they are warlike and proud-spirited, grateful for favors and revengeful for wrongs’