Question

5. How did the Rashtrakutas become powerful?
6. What did the new dynasties do to gain acceptance?
7. What kind of irrigation works were developed in the
Tamil region?
8. What were the activities associated with Chola temples?​

Answer 1

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5. Rashtrakutas were initially subordinate to the Chalukyas of Karnataka. In the mid-eighteenth century, Dantidurga, a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukya overlord and established his right to rule by performing the hiranya-garbha ritual.

6.To gain acceptance, the new dynasties performed religious customs and took on new titles. It helped to make them part of kshtriyas and involved in war to declare their power and shape kingdoms for themselves

7.The kind of irrigation developed in the Tamil region were wells and tanks, helped to collect rainwater and river channels. The 'irrigation works' were developed in the 'Tamil region wells', 'Tanks', 'Ponds'etc.

8. Chola temples often became the nuclei of settlements which grew around them. These were centres of craft production. They were not only places of worship, they were the hub of economic, social and cultural life as well. Amount the crafts associated with temples, the making of bronze images was the most distinctive

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