Early Medieval India
- Amoghvarsha patronised Jinasena the author of Adipurana
- The gahdwalah ruler Chndradeva imposed a tax on the Muslims called Turushkadana
- Dantidurga performed Hiranyagarbhadana
- Al Masudi wrote the book "Muruj uj jahan"
- Yashovarman the Chandella ruler built the Khajuraho temple
- The chahamans of Shakambri had several other branches in places like Pratapgarh,Lata, Satvapura, Naddula,Dwalapuri and Ranthambore
- The term Afghan means "To Cry"
- Malatimadhava of Bhabavuti was an important work to know about the kapalikas
- The famous uthor Kshemendra lived in Kashmir
- Dhanyaloka was a work on poetics
- The Chandella rulers revived the gold coins during the medieval period
- The capital of the Hindushahis was Udabandha or Undh
- Harikeli nataka written by Chahamana king Vigraharaja, is inscribed on the slabs of Adhai din ka jhopda
- Pratihara kings had the finest cavalry in the contemporary time
- Nannuka was the founder of the Chandella dynasty and Dhanga was the greatest ruler
- Govindachandra's court was adorned by Lolla Lakshmidhara the author of Kritya kalpataru
- Jaydeva wrote Prasanna Raghava
- Prithviraja Vijaya was written by Jayanka whereas Prithviraja Raso by Chand Vardai
- Govardhanacharya wrote"Aryaprasasti", an erotic poem
- Bilhana wrote Karnasundari
- Krishna I, the Rashtrakuta ruler founded Kailasha temple at Ellora
- Amoghavarsha wrote "prasnottarmalika" and "Kavirajamarga", the earliest work on poetics
- Hindushahis were known as Lallyiah Shahi in Rajtarangini
- Great poet Dhananjay, the author of "Dasarup" adorned the court of Vakpai Munja
- Samantasena was known as Brahma Kshatriya
- Dhoyi wrote Pandavadutam
- Devpala transferred the capital to Monghyr
- During the Pala ruler Rampala Sandhakar Nandi wrote "Ramcharita Manasa" and it was during this time kaivarta rebelion took place
- Dharmapala built the Vikramshila university at Patharghata
- Under the ruler Harsha, Kalhana wrote Rajtarangini in the 12th century
- During the Karkota ruler Durlabh Vardhan, Hieu-en-Tsang visited Kashmir
- The Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktadipa built the Sun temple at Martand
- Queen Dida who ruled between 958-1003 AD was of the Utpala dynasty and the wife of Kshemagupta
- Chandellas were the first to use Hindi in Devnagari script
- Al Mashahar went to Benaras to study Sanskrit and astronomy for decade
- The famous image of Bagdevi which is the insignia of Jnanpith award is taken from the symbol prevailing during King Bhoja
- Life science was not taught at Nalanda
- Dhara was a great centre of Sanskrit learning
- Somnath temple was dedicated to Vishnu
- Medhatithi wrote commentaries on Manu
- Chandella king Dhanga sacrificed his life at Prayag at old age
- Chalukya kings were great patrons of Jainism
- Mukteshwara temple was built in the 9th century
- Bhabhavuti author of Malatimadhava and Uttaramacharita was patronised by Yahovarman of Kanauj
- The temples within Khajuraho complex-Duladeo, Kaunarya Mahadeva, Lakshmana, Viswanath, Parshanath and Devi Jagadamba
- Bana wrote Harshacharita, Kadambari and Parvatiparinaya
- In Ellora Brahmanism,Buddhism and Jainism works are found
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