Medieval India- Society, Culture, Religion | Set 1
1. The Medieval Period of Indian History comprises a long period,
spanning from …………… century i.e after the fall of the Gupta Empire to the 18th century, i.e the beginning of colonial domination.
2. The Medieval Period of Indian History comprises a long period,
spanning from 6th century i.e after the fall of the ………….. Empire to the 18th century, i.e the beginning of colonial domination.
3. The Early Medieval period refer to the phase of Indian history that
stretches from the fall of the Gupta Empire to the beginning of the ……………….period in the 13th century.
4. The nature of state in the early …………..period is marked by the
presence of a large number of regional and local powers, in the absence of a paramount power in the country.
5. The …………..model was largely constructed on the basis of Puranic
and Epigraphic data pertaining mostly to North India.
6. The history of Indian medieval period was started after the end of
ancient age in 550 AD and it continued till 18th century when the ………………Empire had broken.
7. After the ……………… (after 300 BC) Cholas was beaten by the
Pandyas and Pallavas and they captured the Tamil country.
8. Around 850 AD, ………….rose in power and he rescued the Chola
Dynasty from Pandyas and Pallavas and captured the capital city Thanjavur.
9. After ………….. century, Cholas became strongest dynasty of the
southern India.
10. Under …………..and Rajendra Chola I, the empire became powerful in
the field of army, finance and culture in South Asia and South-east Asia.
11. The Pandyas expelled the Hoysala Dynasty who were partners of the
Cholas from Tamil country and subsequently causing the end of the Cholas themselves in…………….
12. The Chalukya Dynasties were in power of Indian medieval history
from the reign of 600 to 1200 AD in the state of…………...
13. Western Chalukyas ruled from……………..
14. The Chalukyas who ruled from ………… capital city were referred as
Later Western Chalukyas.
15. The Chalukyas ruled their kingdom from the ………….capital city were
known as the Eastern Chalukyas.
16. Founder of the Western or Early Chalukya Dynasty was …………
17. …………. was in power from 609 AD to 642 AD of Early Chalukya
Dynasty.
18. The Western Chalukya Dynasty’s capital of …………. was destroyed by
the Pallavas in the 7th century.
19. The Eastern Chalukya dynasties were in power from the capital city of ………….and the dynasty was lasted from 624 AD to 11th century.
20. Western Chalukyas reestablished the dynasty in the Deccan and
created a new capital at ……………...
21. ………….. were a powerful Dynasties of Andhra Pradesh in Indian
medieval history in the end of 500 AD.
22. The founder of pallava Dynasty was …………..
23. …………. expanded the Pallava kingdom in Northern Orissa, Tanjore
and Trichirapalli.
24. Mahendravarman established a cave temple at …………….
25. In 620 AD, Mahendravarman was attacked by the Chalukya king
Pulekisin II in a battle at …………… and loosed very badly.
26. Mahendravarman was succeeded by his son Narasimhavarman in …...
27. The …………… period was an era of chivalry and feudalism.
28. Vijaynagar Empire was established by two brothers Harihara and
Bukka in the middle of …………. century.
29. ………………… was the best ruler of Vijaynagar Empire.
30. …………….. dynasty ruled India from 1206 AD to 1290 AD.
31. ……………..dynasty ruled India from 1290 AD to 1320 AD.
32. ……………. dynasty ruled India from 1320 AD to 1413 AD.
33. ……………… dynasty ruled India from 1414 AD to 1451 AD.
34. …………….dynasty ruled India from 1451 AD to 1526 AD.
35. ……………, the founder of the Mughal Empire in India, was the
descendant of as Changez Khan.
36. Babur came to India and defeated Ibrahim Lodi in ………….. at the
First Battle of Panipat.
37. There was a brief interruption to Mughal rule when Babur's son
Humayun was ousted from Delhi, by …………., an Afghan chieftain.
38. It was Babur's grandson …………… who consolidated political power
and extended his empire over practically the whole of north India and parts of the south.
39. ………….succeeded Akbar was a pleasure loving man of refined taste.
40. …………. fame rests on the majestic buildings he has left behind - the
Taj Mahal, the Red Fort and the Jama Masjid.
41. ……………… was the last Great Mughal ruler.
42. The Marathas were initially in the service of Bijapur sultans in the
western Deccan which was under siege by the …………. Empire.
43. The people of his nation called …………. as Chhatrapati (means who provide shelter).
44. The deliverance of the .............. teachings is known as “turning the
wheel of dharma”.
45. The concept of the Chakravartin probably arose from the ............ ideal
of the “maha purusha” or “great man”.
46. The “Madhuban Copper Plates’ of the …………… century mention
about the names of various officials like that of ‘Uparika’ or provincial governors.
47. Huen-Tsang the …………… Budhist pilgrim.
48. The rulers who ruled over North India between the period 1206-1526
are popularly known as the rulers of …………….
49. …………….. was the first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate and the founder
of the slave dynasty.
50. The second phase of the Delhi Sultanate began with the establishment
of the Khilji dynasty in …………….
51. …………………… laid the foundation the Tughlaque dynasty.
52. In 1526 Lodi dynasty was overthrown by…………., and Mughal Empire
was established.
53. ………………, was a department was set up to look after the military
organization of the empire. It was headed by Ariz-i-Mumalik.
54. ………….. introduced the system of Dagh (branding) and huliya
(description) and cash payment to the soldiers in order to strengthen his control over the army.
55. ……………. was a department looked after the state correspondence.
It was headed by Dabir-iKhas.
56. …………. drafted and despatched royal orders and received reports
from various officers.
57. The ……………. was the head of the state news gathering and dealt
with intelligence.
58. …………….. was a department dealt with the administration of
Justice. It was headed by Sadr-usSadr who was also the qazi-i- mumalik.
59. …………….. looked after the royal household and managed the
personal services of the Sultan.
60. ………….. looked after the royal body guards of the Sultan.
61. ……………looked after the arrangement of meetings and special
ceremonies.
62. The Royal workshops (Karkhanas) played an important role in the
administrative system of the …………….
63. Each ………….was supervised by a noble who had the rank of a Malik
or a Khan.
64. The shiqs were administered by the Shiqdar. Subsequently the Shiqs
got transformed into Sarkar during the …………. period.
65. The market reforms of ……………. were oriented towards
administrative and military necessities.
66. ..…………………. was more or less the first ruler who looked at the
problem of price control, in a systematic manner and was able to maintain stable prices for a considerable period.
67. For controlling the food prices, ………….. tried to control not only the
supply of food grains from the villages, and its transportation to the city by the grain merchants, but also its proper distribution to the citizens.
68. Large workshops called …………. were maintained to supply provision,
stores and equipments to royal household and government departments.
69. ……………… was well known for his works in Mathematics – Ganitakaumudi and Bijaganitavatamsa.
70. …………… wrote Lilavati Karamdipika, Suddhantadipika, and Lilavati
Vyakhya.
71. …………… Somasutvan produced Tantra samgraha, which contains
rules of trigonometrical functions.
72. …………. produced Buddhivilasini - a commentary on lilavati - containing a number of illustrations.
73. …………… of the Valhalla family brought out Navankura on the
Bijaganit of Bhaskara-II and elaboration of the rules of indeterminate equations of the first and second orders.
74. …………….compiled Tajik, introducing a large number of Persian
technical terms.
75. ……………translated Bhaskara’s Bijaganit.
76. Naisiru’d –din-at –tusi, was another scholar of …………..
77. …………….., a court astronomer of Emperor Firoz Shah, developed an
astronomical instrument ‘Yantraja’.
78. Paramesvara and Mahabhaskariya, both in ……………., were famous
families of astronomers and almanac-makers.
79. ……………… produced commentary of Aryabhatiyaa.
80. …………… studied the Islamic astronomical ideas and was an
authority on Islamic knowledge.
81. Maharaja …………….. of Jaipur set up the five astronomical
observatories in Delhi, Ujjain, Varansasi, Mathura and Jaipur.
82. Some important treatises on Ayurveda like the Sarangdhara Samhita
and Chikitsasamgraha by …………., the Yagaratbajara and the Bhavaprakasa of Bhavamisra were compiled.
83. The Sarangdhara Samhita, written in the …………. century, includes
use of opium in its material medica and urine examination for diagnostic purpose.
84. …………… summarized the whole system of Greek medicine as well as the Indian medical knowledge in the book, Firdausu-Hikmat.
85. The Unani medicine system came to India along with the ………….. in
eleventh century and soon found patronage for its growth.
86. …………… compiled a book, Majiny-e-Diyae, incorporating the Arabic,
Persian and Ayurvedic medical knowledge.
87. ………….. wrote a book, Tibbe Firozshahi.
88. The Musalajati-Darshikohi of Nuruddin Muhammad, dedicated to ……………., deals with Greek medicine and contains, at the end,
almost the whole of Ayurvedic material medica.
89. From the post Mourya period and especially from the Gupta tries the
practice of making land grants to the …………..
90. The most important feature which contributed to the development of
feudalism in …………… was the practice of land grants made to priests and temples.
91. ……………., in his ‘Introduction to the study of Indian History’, put
forward the concept of ‘feudalism from below’.
92. ……………… made the maximum contribution in building the theory of
Indian feudalism.
93. ……………. work is ‘Indian Feudalism’
94. In the 1990s ……………came up with the ‘Kali age crisis’ to explain the
cause of land grants and feudal formation in early medieval India.
95. ………………. work was Harshacharita
96. ………….., in his ‘Urban Decay in India’ argues that the decline in long
distance trade was the main reason for urban decay in early medieval India.
97. The striking development of the ………….. period was the emergence of
priestly landlords at the expense of local peasants.
98. The land grant system was originally started by ………..; it became a
common activity during the Gupta period.
99. The Maitrakas were tributary chiefs of the ………, who established an
independent kingdom in western India.
100. ………….was the most important ruler of the Maitrakas and was a
contemporary of Harshavardhana.