What was the impact of the Mongol invasions on the Delhi Sultanate?
The impact of the mongol invasion on the delhi sultanate are as follows:
- It led to military and market reformation under the alluding khaji.
- A vast standing army was established under the alludin khaji and Muhammad tughluq rulers to confront mongal forces.
- The income was increased upto 50% of the produce.
- Soldiers were paid cash salaries instead of giving iqtas or land grants as salary.
- He also planned to invade mongol capital in transxiana, but that plan was aborted.
Why were the Delhi Sultans interested in cutting down forests? Does deforestation occur for the same reasons today?
Which ruler first established his or her capital at Delhi?
What was the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans?
In whose reign did the Sultanate reach its farthest extent?
What were the steps taken to ensure that muqtis performed their duties? Why do you think they may have wanted to defy the orders of the Sultans?
From which country did Ibn Battuta travel to India?
Do you think the authors of tawarikh would provide information about the lives of ordinary men and women?
According to the “circle of justice”, why was it important for military commanders to keep the interests of the peasantry in mind?
What is meant by the “internal” and “external” frontiers of the Sultanate?
Raziyya Sultan was unique in the history of the Delhi Sultanate. Do you think women leaders are accepted more readily today?
Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?
Match the following:
Gurjara-Pratiharas Western Deccan
Rashtrakutas Bengal
Palas Gujarat and Rajasthan
Cholas Tamil Nadu
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 important were craftspersons for the building and maintenance of temples?
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.
What kind of irrigation works were developed in the Tamil region?
What did the new dynasties do to gain acceptance?
Who lived in the “Black Towns” in cities such as Madras?
Why do you think towns grew around temples?
What was the relationship between the mansabdar and the jagir?
Like the Mughal Empire, India today is also made up of many social and cultural units. Does this pose a challenge to national integration?
State whether true or false:
(a) We know the name of the architect of the Rajarajeshvara temple from an inscription.
(b) Merchants preferred to travel individually rather than in caravans.
(c) Kabul was a major centre for trade in elephants.
(d) Surat was an important trading port on the Bay of Bengal.
An inscription in Shah Jahan’s diwan-i khas in Delhi stated: “If there is Paradise on Earth, it is here, it is here, it is here.” How was this image created?