Question

India witnessed many battles for supremacy among the many states that came up after the decline of the Guptas between 750 A.D. and 1200. Still that period contributed immensely in promoting culture. Make a list of at least 7 contributions keeping the following points in mind.
Sr. No.
Name of the king/ruler
Dynasty
Contribution in which field
Name of the temple/art piece / literature etc.

Answer 1

Vikramaditya
An Ideal king who was as wise as he was brave and strong. Matchless in War and matchless in forgiveness, an excellent ruler, he won the hearts of his people.

Harischandra
With his vow to remain truthful at all times, Harischandra successfully faced the rigorous challenge posed by Vishwamitra. Though a king, he sacrificed everything including his kingdom and even his wife.

Yudhishtira
The eldest of the Pandava brothers, the heroes of the great epic, the Mahabharatha. Yudhishtira lived for justice, and patiently suffered humiliation and exile.

Ashoka
The Wheel which adorns the flag of free India has kept his memory green. Lord of a vast empire, after a great victory sick of violence and took an oath never to fight again.He was an Ideal ruler.

Jhansi Lakshmi Bai
The great heroine of the First War of Indian Freedom. She lived for only twenty-two years. Jhansi, of which she was the queen, was in grip of cruel British. she was a queen of small state but the empress of limitless empire of glory.

Keladi Chennamma
She ruled over a small state, Keladi for twentyfive years (1671-1696). but proved herself a great and heroic queen. She protected the kingdom when her husband failed his duty. And she faced the wrath of the mighty Aurangazeb, and gave shelter to Rajaram, Shivaji's son.

Shivaji
The hero who escaped from the prison of the Mughal Emperor himself, to become the ruler of a kingdom devoted to Dharma and service of the people.He was one of the wisest rulers as he was one of the greatest generals.

Kharavela
A Great king of Kalinga who ruled twenty-one centures ago. Coming to the throne when the state was in distress,he brought confidence and self-respect to the people. And he refused to join hands with a Foreign army against an Indian Prince.

Dileepa
An illustrions king of the solar dynasty. an ancestor of Sri Rama. Though renowned for his valour. Dileepa tended the celestial cow Nandini like a cowherd. In an ultimate act of piety, he offered himself as food to a lion to protect Nandini and thus proved his worthiness in a test posed by Nandini.

Hakka-Bukka
Hakka was the first ruler of the famous kindom of VIjayanagar, and Bukka his brother, the second ruler. They opposed the mighty Sultan of Delhi and brought unity and freedom to south India. They were great not only as warriors but also as rulers.

Durgavati
Durgavati was that brave woman of India during the 47th century of Kaliyugas i.e. 16th century A.D.

Ahalya Bai Holkar
Planned and built by Rani Ahilyabai, the brave Holkar queen, Indore lies to the extreme west of the state on the banks of the rivers Saraswati and Khan.

Rudramamba
Rudramamba was the only daughter of the 6th king in succession of the Kakatiya Dynasty of Andhra Pradesh.

Bharata
There have been five famous persons with the name Bharata. The first Bharata was one king during the first tenure of Manu who was a devotee of Vishnu.

Janaka
Janaka is counted among the royal sages. He was known as Videha - the bodiless i.e. beyond physical bonds.

Prithu
Kiing Prithu invented various types of crops on earth as also the jewels hidden in earth.

Manu
Manu, in Hindu legend, 14 progenitors of humanity, each of whom rules the world for a period of time known as a manvantara, the duration of which is 4,320,000 years.

Sri Bhoja Raja
A famous king, Bhoja dreamed that his enemies have made him bereft of his kingdom and wives and that hunger forced him to eat their leavings