Assam History MCQ Set- 19

The Nidhanpur Copperplate Inscription was discovered by a Muslim cultivator in Nidhanpur village, near Sylhet, presently Bangladesh, on 29th December 1912 during a processing of building buffalo shed.

In connection with Harsha Vardhan & Xuanzang, Kumar Bhaskar Varman visited ancient Buddhist University at Nalanda, where his seal along with fragmentary seal of Harsha was found by archeologist Dr. David B. Spooner along with his team during excavation in 1917-1918.

Though historian Kanak Lal Barua claimed that Davaka was absorbed with the Kamarupa Kingdom by 6th to 7th century, later historians like B. N. Puri (1968), and P.C. Choudhury (1959) claimed that Davaka was absorbed with Kamarupa kingdom much earlier during Kalyan Varman (422-446).

It is mentioned in the Nagendranath Vasu’s The Social History of Kamarupa that Mahendra Varman master the self like king Janaka, i.e. become self-realized and worked towards stability of the country.

Later, Mahendra Varman perfomed Asvamedha sacrifice to through the imperial yoke of Gupta-empire.

Mahasenagupta of East Malwa, the predecessor of Shasanka was fighting with Varman dynasty when Susthita Varman was the king, then Varman dynasty formed an alliance with Maukhari dynasty.

In the Umachal Rock inscription, it is written that the cave temple of the illustrious Balabhadra (Balarama) was constructed by Surendra Varman. Nowadays, a temple for Balabhadra is present in the north eastern slope of the Nilachal Hills.