Medieval India- Society, Culture, Religion | Set 2
1. Hsuan Tsang tells us that Dhruvasena II attended Harsha’s assembly
at ……………..
2. Ruling over Saurashtra in ………….., the Maitrakas developed Valabhi
as their capital.
3. The Maukharies ruled over Kanauj, a city in western …………., which
gradually replaced Pataliputra as a political center of north India.
4. ……………. were the subordinate rulers of the Guptas and used the
title of samanta.
5. Harshavardhana’s sister …………. was married to Grihavarman.
6. Shashanka, the ruler of …………. and Devgupta, the Later Gupta ruler
jointly attacked Grihavarman and killed him.
7. The kingdom of Kanauj was then merged with that of the
Pushyabhutis and Harsha shifted his capital from ………. to Kanauj.
8. An important ruling family to gain prominence after the fall of the
Gupta was that of the Pushyabhutis who had their capital at………...
9. The ………….. dynasty became influential with the accession of
Prabhakarvardhana, who was able to defeat the Hunas and strengthen his position in the regions of Punjab and Haryana.
10. After Prabhakarvardhana’s death, his elder son Rajyavardhana came
to the throne but he was treacherously killed by ……….., the king of Bengal and Bihar.
11. Harshavardhana ascended the throne in AD …………...
12. Harshacarita written by his court poet …………………..
13. Si-Yu-Ki was the travel account of the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim ………….., who visited India during AD 629–644.
14. After ………….. accession united his kingdom with that of his widowed
sister Rajayashri and shifted his capital to Kanauj.
15. Harsha wanted to extend his power in the Deccan. But he was
defeated by Pulakesin II, the Chalukya ruler, on the banks of river ………………….
16. The death of Harsha in AD ………….. was followed by a political
confusion that continued up to the 8th century when the Gurjara Pratiharas, the Rajput rulers, emerged as a big force in northern India.
17. …………… governed his empire on the same line as the Guptas did
except that his administration had become more feudal and decentralized.
18. Bana’s book was ………………….
19. Various officer of the local administration bearing the title bhogapati, and Ayuktaka, and pratipalaka purushas are referred to in ………..
20. Hiuen Tsang the …………… pilgrim informs that the Revenue of
Harsha was divided into four parts.
21. ………….. is credited with three dramas Ratnavali, Priyadarsika, and
Nagananda.
22. Harsha’s court poet …………wrote his biography Harshacharitha.
23. Hiuen Tsang had come to study in the Buddhist University of …………. and to collect Buddhist scriptures and literature.
24. The …………. pilgrim Hiuen Tsang’s of work ‘Si Yu Ki’ gives an
accurate account of the political religious and social condition of India in the first half of the seventh century AD.
25. According to tradition the …………… were the descendants of the
ancient Kshatriyas belonging to solar and lunar dynasties.
26. …………., the author of the famous Annals of Rajastan says that the
Rajputs were the descendants of the tribes of foreign scythians and the sakas who had come and settled in India.
27. The ………….. age produced eminent writers like Bhavabhuti,
Rajasekhara and Jayadeva.
28. …………… was the celebrated author of two Sanskrit works
Uttararamacharita and Malati Madhava.
29. Rajasekhara who enjoyed the patronage of the …………. emperors,
wrote Karpuramanjari and Bala Ramayana.
30. Jayadeva was the poet laureate of King Lakhsmana Sena of ………….
31. The famous collection of stories Kathasaritsagara was written by ………….. in the Rajput age.
32. ………………. famous work Rajatarangani threw light on the history of
the Kings of Kashmir.
33. ……………… wrote the Bhoja-Prabandha, a biography of the Paramara
King Bhoja.
34. Chand Bardoi, the court poet of …………. wrote Prithviraja Raso.
35. ……………, the author of Siddharta Siromani was the greatest
astronomer.
36. ………… wrote Astanga Samgraha enriched the field of medicine.
37. A famous treatise on Hindu law the Mitakshara was written by ……………..
38. In the realm of music, Sangh Ratnakar was written by ……………...
39. …………., the author of Gitagovindam was a gifted poet and musician.
40. The Sangeeta Ratnakar composed by ………… was an encyclopedia on
Indian music.
41. The Gurjara –Pratiharas were a tribe of foreigners closely allied to the ………….
42. The founder of the Pala dynasty of …….. was Adisiva, a Hindu raja.
43. Dharmapala was defeated by Nagabhata II, the Prathihara King at ……………...
44. The famous Mahabodhi temple of Buddha Gaya was built by ……………...
45. The last ruler of the Sena dynasty was Lakshmana Sena who was
defeated by the Khiljis in …………..
46. The institution of the …………… had been in force in early Islamic
world as a form of reward for services to the state.
47. From the time of ………… the muqti was expected to send the balance
(fawazil) of the income to the centre after meeting his and the army’s expenses.
48. The ………… was appointed to keep a record of the income of the
Iqtas.
49. The group of chahalgan (group of 40 nobles), which was created by ………….., emerged very powerful.
50. …………… was the first Sultan to bring the nobility firmly under his
control.
51. The religious intellectual group of ……………. was collectively referred
as Ulema.
52. ……………. explained his theory taking into account both "feudalism
from above" and "feudalism from below".
53. ………………. was mainly interested in "feudalism from above".
54. In 1965, …………… proposed that decline of foreign trade is the cause
of feudalism.
55. In 1979, ……… wrote a paper titled, "Was There Feudalism in India?"
56. In 1980s, …………… proposed the segmentary state theory which was
another blow to the Indian feudalism model.
57. …………… invented the kali age crisis theory to explain the cause land
grants.
58. …………. arguments are compiled in his book "Early Medieval India
Society: A Study in Feudalization" (2001).
59. Another big blow to …………….. theory came from Hermann Kulke and
Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya in 1980s and 1990s.
60. …………. in his book "The Making of Early Medieval India" (1994)
questions the very basis and thinking of feudalism school.
61. ………….. who has worked for 40 years in Tamil Nadu says that at any
time in history not more than 1/5 of the total land was given to Brahmanas as grants.
62. The …………….. Empire ruled the South Asian region including
current northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from the early 16th century to the 19th century.
63. …………….., the progenitor of the Mughal Empire, is a direct
descendant of Timur who descended from Genghis Khan.
64. The Mughal Empire was founded in …………… when Babur defeated
and superceded Delhi Sultanate.
65. ……………. was beaten by Sher Shah of Suri dynasty of Afghan origin
and fled for Persia in 1540.
66. …………….. announced Din-i-Ilahi, a syncretic religion which derives
primarily from Islam and Hinduism, as the court religion.
67. In 1857, Sepoy Mutiny rose up and Indian soldiers crowned Mughal
Emperor ………….. as an emperor, but the mutiny was repressed in two years and the Mughal Empire went out of existence.
68. The Taj Mahal was built by ……………..
69. Tuzuk-i Baburi was written by Babur in …………..
70. Tuzuk-i Jahangiri was written by Jahangir in ……………..
71. ……………. invaded India and supplanted the Lodi rule by his own in
1526, was a prolific writer.
72. Babur’s autobiography Tuzuk-i Baburi, written in …………. is a
literary masterpiece, containing the history of the decline and fall of the Timurid power in central Asia.
73. ………… constituted a board of seven scholars to compile Taikh-i Alfi.
74. Not satisfied with the account of his reign in the Tarikh-i Alfi, Akbar
ordered …………… to compile the history of his reign, beginning with an account of Babur and Humayun.
75. In compiling the Akbarnama, ………….. was able to come up to his
royal patron’s expectations.
76. The Akbarnama and the Ain-i Akbari provide exhaustive details of the
events and policies introduced by ………….. till the year 1602.
77. Akbar employed Abdul Qadir Badauni to translate Muhabharat from …………… into Persian.
78. …………….. compiled the history, Zubdatu’t Tawarikh and closed it
with the account of Jahangir’s reign.
79. …………….. set to write the history Iqbalnama-i Jahangiri after
Shahjahan’s accession to the throne.
80. Abdul Hamid’s Badshahnama contains an account of twenty years of
history of …………….. reign.
81. The steel-frame of ………… military policy was the mansabdari system.
82. ……………… introduced the month-scale in the mansabdari system to
compensate the gap between Jama (estimated income) and hasil (actual realisation).
83. The …………….. system was an integral part of the mansabdari system
which developed under Akbar.
84. Akbar ordered in 1575 the construction of Ibadat Khana – The house
of worship at ……………… to adorn the spiritual kingdom.
85. Prof. Noboru Karashima, a ………… historian on South Indian studies.
86. The tomb of Humayun at …………. is one of the earliest of Akbar’s
buildings.
87. 4, in which he rejects the segmentary theory of ……………...
88. The Jahangiri Mahal and Akbari Mahal located within the …………. Fort were designed and built by Indian craftsmen who were experts in
the construction of Hindu temples and Buddhist Viharas.
89. The greatest achievement of ………… as a builder was the city of Fatehpur Sikri.
90. The Jam-i-Masjid built after the model of the mosque at ………….. is
considered to be the glory of Fatehpur Sikri and is one of the largest mosques in India.
91. The tomb of the Sufi saint Shaik Salim Chishti built of white marble is
another star attraction at ……………..
92. The house of …………, a double-storeyed building which has been
lavishly decorated, combines within itself the best features of the Hindu and Muslim style of architecture.
93. The Diwan-i-Khas which accommodated …………… household has an
architectural beauty of its own.
94. The reign of ……………… was the Golden Age of Mughal architecture.
95. The most outstanding of Shah Jahan’s edifices is the world famous
Taj Mahal built by him at …………… as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
96. …………… court was adorned by famous musicians like Tansen of
Gwalior and Baz Bahadur of Malwa.
97. The two great Hindu musicians of …………….. time were Jagannath
and Janardhan Bhatta.
98. The great historical works of Akbar’s reign are the Akbarnamah and
Ain-i-Akbari of ………………..
99. The Muntkhab-ul-Twarikh was written by ……………….
100. Tabaqat-i-Akbari was written by …………………….