2025 · Q48
With reference to the history of Orissa, consider the following statements :
- 1Anantavarman Chodaganga consolidated Orissa into a powerful kingdom and was patron of Sanskrit and Telugu literature.
- 2Anantavarman Chodaganga built the great temple of the Sun God at Konark in Puri district.
- 3Narasimha I effectively checked the external invasion and maintained prosperity in the kingdom. How many statements given above are correct?
history-of-indiaearly-medieval
- A1
- B2
- C3
- DNone
Explanation
Anantavarman Chodaganga of the Eastern Ganga dynasty consolidated Odisha into a powerful kingdom and was a patron of Sanskrit and Telugu literature, so statement 1 is correct. However, the great Sun temple at Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I (c. 1250 CE), not by Anantavarman — so statement 2 is incorrect. Narasimhadeva I effectively checked external invasions (notably from Bengal) and maintained the kingdom's prosperity, so statement 3 is correct. Hence two statements are correct.