Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

History Optional PYQ Master Pack · Model answer

“Achieving dominance in south of the Vindhyas did not satisfy the ambitions of the Rashtrakutas, they also wanted to achieve dominance over the Gangetic Plains.” Elaborate and comment

  • UPSC 1997
  • Early Medieval India, 750-1200

The Rashtrakutas, who rose from being feudatories of the Chalukyas of Badami to the paramount power of the Deccan by the mid-eighth century, did not treat the Vindhyas as a natural limit to their ambition. Their repeated marches into the Gangetic plains to intervene in the tripartite contest for Kanauj show a dynasty that saw…

You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of the History Optional PYQ Master Pack.

What the full answer covers

  • The Southern Springboard: Displacing the Chalukyas
  • Why Kanauj? The Logic Behind the Northern Campaigns
  • The Northern Campaigns: Intervening in the Kanauj Tripartite Struggle
  • Comment: Plunder and Prestige, or Genuine Annexation?

Unlock this answer and 1,350+ more

  • 1,350+ solved UPSC History Optional PYQs from 1985 to 2025, Paper-1 and Paper-2
  • Topic-wise across Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Post-Independence and World History
  • Model answers with a clear structure and historian citations
  • Map section solutions included, at no extra cost
  • Read online on lotusarise.com, plus PDF download

₹1,499₹2,50040% off

Get History Optional PYQ Master Pack @ ₹1,499 →

One-time payment · No subscription · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay

See every Early Medieval India, 750-1200 question (66 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in