Why do we know much more about the cultural practices of rulers than about those of ordinary people?
Rulers adopted many methods to protect their achievements like minstrels singing their heroic stories painting inscriptions, historical worth, donation to the temples etc. While common people didn't do anything to protect the records of their heroic deeds. Therefore, we know more about the cultural practices rulers than about those of common people there.
What are the important architectural features of the temples of Bengal ?
Why did conquerors try to control the temple of Jagannatha at Puri?
Why were temples built in Bengal?
What is Manipravalam? Name a book written in that language.
Who were the major patrons of Kathak?
Why did minstrels proclaim the achievements of heroes?
Anantavarman Kerala
Jagannatha Bengal
Mahodayapuram Orissa
Lilatilakam Kangra
Mangalakavya Puri
Miniature Kerala
Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?
Match the following:
Gurjara-Pratiharas Western Deccan
Rashtrakutas Bengal
Palas Gujarat and Rajasthan
Cholas Tamil Nadu
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
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.
What kind of irrigation works were developed in the Tamil region?
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?
How was the administration of the Ahom state organised?
What were the qualifications necessary to become a member of a committee of the sabha in the Chola empire?
What changes took place in varna-based society?
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.
How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?
What was the relationship between the mansabdar and the jagir?
Describe the beliefs and practices of the Nathpanthis, Siddhas and Yogis.
How is the “trabeate” principle of architecture different from the “arcuate”?