What kind of irrigation works were developed in the Tamil region?
The irrigation works developed in the tamil region were as follows:
- Wells were dug in some areas and tanks were made to collect the rainwater.
- Water from the channels of kaveri river gave the necessary moisture for agriculture.
- Some areas wells were dug and in some places, huge tanks were made to collect rainwater.
- Embankments were built to prevent flooding.
- Canals were constructed to carry water to the fields.
- Forests were also being cleared. The land was stepped up, in the delta region embankments were built to prevent flooding and canals were constructed to carry water to the fields.
How did the Rashtrakutas become powerful?
Who were the parties involved in the “tripartite struggle”?
What were the activities associated with Chola temples?
What did the new dynasties do to gain acceptance?
What were the qualifications necessary to become a member of a committee of the sabha in the Chola empire?
Match the following:
Gurjara-Pratiharas Western Deccan
Rashtrakutas Bengal
Palas Gujarat and Rajasthan
Cholas Tamil Nadu
What were the two major cities under the control of the Chahamanas?
Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?
Which ruler first established his or her capital at Delhi?
Match the following:
mansab Marwar
Mongol governor
Sisodiya Rajput Uzbeg
Rathor Rajput Mewar
Nur Jahan rank
subadar Jahangir
How is the “trabeate” principle of architecture different from the “arcuate”?
Fill in the blanks:
(a) The Rajarajeshvara temple was built in ———.
(b) Ajmer is associated with the Sufi saint ————.
(c) Hampi was the capital of the ———— Empire.
(d) The Dutch established a settlement at ———— in Andhra Pradesh.
Match the following:
garh khel
tanda chaurasi
labourer caravan
clan Garha Katanga
Sib Singh Ahom state
Durgawati paik
The Buddha namghar
Shankaradeva worship of Vishnu
Nizamuddin Auliya questioned social differences
Nayanars Sufi saint
Alvars worship of Shiva
Anantavarman Kerala
Jagannatha Bengal
Mahodayapuram Orissa
Lilatilakam Kangra
Mangalakavya Puri
Miniature Kerala
Match the following:
subadar a revenue farmer
faujdar a high noble
ijaradar provincial governor
misl Maratha peasant warriors
chauth a Mughal military commander
kunbis a band of Sikh warriors
umara tax levied by the Marathas
State whether true or false:
(a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.
(b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.
(c) Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.
(d) Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.
How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?
Why were temples built in Bengal?
What kinds of exchanges took place between nomadic pastoralists and settled agriculturists?
Do you think merchants and bankers today have the kind of influence they had in the eighteenth century?
Anantavarman Kerala
Jagannatha Bengal
Mahodayapuram Orissa
Lilatilakam Kangra
Mangalakavya Puri
Miniature Kerala
Match the following:
mansab Marwar
Mongol governor
Sisodiya Rajput Uzbeg
Rathor Rajput Mewar
Nur Jahan rank
subadar Jahangir
What does the term pan-regional empire mean?
Who were the major patrons of Kathak?
What were the central provinces under the control of the Mughals?
What were the offices held by Sa‘adat Khan?