The award is given by the State Sports Council for outstanding achievements at the National and International levels. It was instituted in the year 1982-1983.

The correct answer is Matsya. Matsya Mahajanapadas was located in Rajasthan.

Hun had ended the republic system of Rajasthan forever.

The earliest evidence of domestication of animals comes from Adamgarh (M.P.) and Bagor in Rajasthan dated 5500 B.C. and 4500 B.C. respectively.

The first ruler of the empire was Chandra Gupta I, who united the Guptas with the Licchavis by marriage. His son, the celebrated Samudra Gupta, expanded the empire through conquest.

Virata was a kingdom ruled by the Matsya king by the name Virata. It was here that the Pandavas spent their 13th year of anonymity (Agyata Vasa) after their 12 years of forest-life (Vana Vasa) in the forests of Kamyaka and Dwaita. It was also known as Virata Nagari, modern Bairat in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan.

The inscription of Asoka found from this region addresse the Buddhist monks. There must have been a considerable presence of the Buddhist monks in Bairat.

"Kalibangan excavations in present western Rajasthan shows a ploughed field, the first site of this nature in the world.