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Khajuraho, 'the City of the Gods' a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the name of which was first referred in the 11th century CE by:

  1. A
    Ibn Battuta
  2. B
    Ibn Sina
  3. C
    Abu Rihan Alberuni
  4. D
    Omar Khayyam

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The Persian scholar and traveler Abu Rihan Alberuni accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni on his campaigns to India and left accounts of the country in the early 11th century CE, where he explicitly mentioned 'Jajahuja' or Khajuraho as the capital of the Chandelas. Ibn Battuta visited it significantly later, in the 14th century CE.

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Khajuraho, 'the City of the Gods' a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the name of which was first referred in the 11th century CE by:
A
Ibn Battuta
B
Ibn Sina
C
Abu Rihan Alberuni
D
Omar Khayyam

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