Answer the following questions in brief.
1. What is the main feature of Indo-Islamic culture?
2. Who were the main ministers in the central administration?
3. How did the Turkish rulers gradually become Indianised?
4. What were the levels of provincial administration in the Delhi Sultanate
5. Name some important monuments made during the Sultanate period
Answers
1) Some of the most popular features of this Indo- Islamic architecture include high domes with pillars around it, large open courtyards, and high minarets. Red sandstone was a preferred material to build these structures.
2) The central administration consists of the President, the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers and Secretaries to these offices.
3) When Turkish rulers married Indian Muslims, they assimilated many of their local cultural traits and gradually became Indianized.
4) Administration during the Delhi Sultanate was based on the laws of the Shariat or the laws of Islam. Political, legal and military authority was vested in the Sultan. Thus military strength was the main factor in succession of throne. Administrative units were, Iqta, Shiq, Paraganaa and Gram
5)Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque.
Adhai din ka Jhopra.
Qutub Minar
Tomb of Hazarat Nizamuddin Auliya.
Alai Darwaza. ...
Jammat Khana Masjid. ...
Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. ...
Tughlaqabad Fort.