States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations

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The Tibetan translation of Charyapada provided additional information, including that the Sanskrit commentary in the manuscript, known as Charyagiti-koshavrtti, was written by Munidatta. It also mentions that the original text was translated by Shilachari and its commentary by Munidatta was translated by Chandrakirti or Kirtichandra.

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The Sena rulers were additionally extraordinary benefactors of writing. Some Bengali creators trust that Jayadeva, the acclaimed Sanskrit writer and writer of Gita Govinda, was one of the Pancharatnas (five gems) in the court of Lakshman Sen.

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Chandrapur University in Shrihatta was as large as other religious institutions like Nalanda, Taxila, Mahasthangarh or Odantapuri and was established before Oxford, and Cambridge universities or even the Jagaddala Vihara. It was made by king Srichandra.

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The Shunga Empire (IAST: ?u?ga) was an ancient Indian dynasty from Magadha that controlled areas of the central and eastern Indian subcontinent from around 184 to 75 BCE. The dynasty was established by Pushyamitra Shunga, after taking the throne of the Maurya Empire.

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Madhumathana or Madhusudanadeva was the first independent ruler of Deva dynasty, who assumed the title of nripati.

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Between 1428 and 1431, Jalaluddin also supported the construction of two Islamic institutions in Makkah and Madinah, known as Bangaliyah Madaris.

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Muhammad Khan Sur, also known by his regnal title Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah, was the Sultan of Bengal from 1553 to 1555. He was initially appointed as a governor of Bengal by Emperor Islam Shah Suri of the Sur Empire in 1545, but after his death, Khan declared independence from Delhi.

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The great emperor Krishnadevaraya was himself a celebrated poet having composed Amuktamalyada. In his court, eight Telugu poets were regarded as the eight pillars of the literary assembly. In the olden days, it was believed that eight elephants were holding the earth in eight different directions.

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Tenali Ramakrishna first wrote Udbhataradhya Charitramu, a Shaivite work. However, he converted to Vaishnavism later and wrote Vaishnava devotional texts Panduranga Mahatmyamu, and Ghatikachala Mahatmyamu. Tenali Rama remains one of the most popular folk figures in India today, a quick-witted courtier ready even to outwit the all-powerful emperor.

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The raiders of the Chittagong uprising were members of revolutionary Indian Republican Army, who favoured armed uprisings as a means to achieve India’s independence from British colonial rule. They were inspired by the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland and led by Surya Sen.