Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : a - b - c
The correct answer is a - b - c. - Satvahanas
- It was established in the Late 2nd century BCE.
- Founder- Simuka.
- Simuka laid the foundation of his empire after destroying the Kanva power
- The Matsya Purana lists thirty Satavahana kings who ruled in Deccan, though their geographical extent kept changing.
- Last ruler- Vijaya.
- Vakatakas
- By the 3rd century, the Satavahanas had collapsed.
- Thereafter, Vindhyashakti, a Brahmin chieftain founded the Vakataka empire.
- They were the contemporaries of the Guptas in northern India.
- Culturally, the Vakataka kingdom became a channel for transmitting Brahmanical ideas and social institutions to the south.
- Prithvisena II is the last known ruler of the Nandivardhana branch of the Vakataka dynasty.
- Chalukya
- This dynasty was established by Pulakeshin I in 543.
- He fortified the hill fort of Vatapi (modern Badami) and seized control of the territory between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers and the Western Ghats.
- They ruled parts of Southern and Central India between the 6th century and the 12th century.
- Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya Dynasty was defeated by Narasimhavarman I of the Pallava Dynasty.
- Kirtivarman II is considered the last ruler of Chalukya. He was overthrown by the Rashtrakuta King Dantidurga.
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