3. Match the literary sources with its definitions & examples and make them as statements.
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Literary sources
Definitions
Examples
1
Biography
It is a factual written
account of important or
historical events in the
order of their occurrence.
PrithpPrithviraj Raso by
Chandbardai, Akbarnama
by Abu Fazal.
2
- It is an account of
Autobiography someone's life written by
someone else.
Exa: Rajtarangini by
Kalhan, Tughluqnama by
Amir Khusrau.
3
Travelogue
It is a self-written account
of the life of oneself.
Al-b Al-beruni wrote
Tahqiq-i-hind, Ibn Batuta
wrote Rihla
Chronicle
FutuFutuhat-I-Firoz
It is written account about by FirozshahTughlaq,
the places visited by or Baburnama by Babur
experiences of a traveller. and Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri by
Jahangir.
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Literary sources
Definitions
Examples
Biography
2
Autobiography
3
Travelogue
4
Chronicle
Answers
Answer: Why did Muhammad Tughlak’s scheme for increased taxation in Doab fail ?
Answer:
There occurred a severe famine because of failure of rains. The people offered resistance, but the Sultan’s officers continued to realise taxes mercilessly. The cultivators were, therefore, forced to abandon their lands. The Sultan tried to help the cultivators by giving them loans to buy seeds bullocks etc. Arrangements were also made for the digging of wells for irrigation purposes. But the scheme failed.
Question 8.
Mention any one reason why Muhammad Tughlaq decided to transfer his Capital from Delhi to Devagiri (Daulatabad) ?
Answer:
In 1327 he decided to transfer his Capital from Delhi to Devagiri now Daulatabad with a view to having the Capital situated in the middle of his kingdom. He was bent upon taking all the inhabitants of Delhi to the new Capital. No one liked the forced move: it was doomed to failure. As the Sultan was convinced of the failure of his scheme, he ordered the people to return to their homes in Delhi.
Question 9.
Who was the greatest of the Lodi Kings?
Answer:
Sikandar Lodi was the greatest of the Lodi Kings.
Question 10.
Who was the commander-in-chief of the army during the Sultanate period ?
Answer:
Sultan was the commander-in-chief of the army during the Sultanate period.
Question 11.
Who was the highest officer in the government during the Delhi Sultanate ?
Answer:
The highest officer in the government was the Wazir, the Chief Minister.
Question 12.
Name the two important provinces under Khljis and the Tughlaqs.
Answer:
The most important provinces under Khaljis and the Tughlaq were those of Jaunpur, Malwa, Khandesh, Gujarat, Bengal and the Dakhin (Deccan).
Question 13.
Mention any two sources of revenue during the Sultanate period.
Answer:
The main sources of revenue were as under:
Land tax, usually one-tenth of the produce,
The booty captured, in wars.
Question 14.
Name any two archaeological sources to reconstruct the age fo the Delhi Sultanate.
Answer:
Qutab Minar,
Illahi Darwaza.
Question 15.
Mention any two ways in which Iltutmish consolidated the Turkish conquests in India?
Answer:
Iltutmish effectively suppressed the rebellions of Amirs and also defeated the governors of Sindh and Bengal who had risen in revolt. He then embarked upon a career of conquests. He made Delhi his Capital and was the first Turkish ruler to introduce a purely Arabic coinage. Finding his sons incompetent to rule, Iltutmish chose his daughter Raziya to be his successor.
Question 16.
Who was Razia Sultana? Who plotted against her?
Answer:
Raziya Sultana was the daughter of Iltutmish. She was put to death by her nobles, who plotted against her and her husband Altunia and got them murdered in 1240.
Question 17.
What measures were taken by Balban to crush the Turkish Nobles?
Answer:
Balban adopted a policy of sternness and severity. He established order in the neighborhood of Delhi and instilled fear in the minds of the Turkish nobles by inflicting severe punishment on them even for slight offences. Some of them were even publicity flogged. The north-west frontier posts were strongly garrisoned.
Question 18.
Mention any two new elements of architecture style introduced by the Muslims in India.
Answer:
Two new elements of architecture style introduced by the Muslims in India are:
Open Airy and Spacious Buildings.
Mosques and Tombs.
Question 19.
Mention two important features of mosques.
Answer:
Two important features of mosques are:
The mosques have an open courtyard surrounded by a pillared varandah.
There is a prayer-hall having a recess or alcove called Mehrab in the western wall at the back of the hall.
Question 20.
How did Alaudin Khalji expand his empire?
Answer:
Alauddin Khalji raided Malwa and Gujarat and also defeated the Rajput rulers of Ranthambhor and Chittor. Next, he faced to the four wealthy kingdoms of the Deccan—Yadavas of Devagiri, the Kakatiyas of Warangal, Hoysalas of Dwarasamudra and Pandya Kingdom with its Capital at Madurai. The task of conquest of Deccan had been entrusted by Alauddin to his military commander, Malik Kafur.
Question 21.
Who was Timur Lang?
Answer:
Timur Lang (Timur the Lame) was a foreign invader who had risen into power in central Asia and invaded Delhi.
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