Question

3. State whether the following statements are true or false.
1. Bhakti and Sufism became popular with the common people.
2. The Portuguese were the first to arrive in India.
3. The medieval period of India can be subdivided into the early and later medieval peric
4. Islam began in India.
5. The Mughal empire was founded in the 17th century.
6. Prithviraj Raso was written by Kalhana.​

Answer 1

Answer:

2) True......Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa.

Explanation:

4)Islam arrived in the Indian subcontinent in the 7th century when the Arabs conquered Sindh and later arrived in North India in the 12th century via the Ghurids conquest and has since become a part of India's religious and cultural heritage.

5) false

6) false