Which Chandela King built the Chaturbhuj temple in Khajuraho?

Concept

For a previous-year question, two checks are needed: the answer expected by the official key and the historical identification behind the wording. If a source uses overlapping monument names, the scored answer should follow the official key while the explanation must disclose the naming distinction.

Application

The MPPSC final key identifies Yashovarman for Set-A question 32. An inscription from Yashovarman's reign records a magnificent Vishnu temple at Khajuraho, and older scholarship identified that Vaishnava monument as a Caturbhuja temple; this historical usage explains the commission's keyed association.

Cross-check and contrast

• Yashovarman — associated with the tenth-century Lakshmana/Vaikuntha-Vishnu temple and the older Caturbhuja identification used by the exam.

• Dhanga — associated with the Vishvanatha temple and the consolidation of sovereign Chandela power.

• Vidyadhara — associated with the Kandariya Mahadeva temple tradition and early-eleventh-century Chandela power.

• Harshadeva — an earlier ruler associated with dynastic consolidation under Gurjara-Pratihara suzerainty.

The well-known Chaturbhuj Temple at Jatkari is a distinct, later monument, so the question's wording can mislead if modern monument names alone are used. The answer here is the official PYQ answer, not a claim that the Lakshmana and Jatkari temples are the same structure.

Result

Therefore, the expected answer in this MPPSC question is Yashovarman.