CHAPTER 6 TOWNS, TRADERS AND CRAFTSPERSONS.
1. Make a web of the classification of cities during Medieval India.
2. Briefly describe the qualities of Thanjavur as a great temple town and pilgrimage centre.
3. Write a short note on traders and craftspersons with examples.
4. Define the terms-
a) Emporium b) Hundi c) Factor
5. Discuss the importance of Masulipatnam as a trading centre in the Medieval period.
6. Write a note on Surat as a principal port city. Briefly write about its history and its decline.
7. What led to the emergence of Black towns and how the Indian craftsmen faced a decline in the presence of foreign trading companies?
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Answer:
There were administrative centres, temple towns, as well as centres of commercial activities and craft production during medieval periods.
Administrative Centres and Towns
The best example is Thanjavur.
During the reign of Chola Dynasty (King Rajaraja Chola), its capital was Thanjavur.
Architect Kunjaramallan Rajaraja Perunthachchan built Rajarajeshwara Temple.
Besides the temple, there were palaces with mandapas or pavilions. where kings hold court here and issue order to subordinates.
The Saliya weavers of Thanjavur and the nearby town of Uraiyur were busy producing cloth for flags to be used in the temple festival, fine cottons for the king and nobility and coarse cotton for the masses.
Some distance away at Svamimalai, the sthapatis or sculptors were making exquisite bronze idols and tall, ornamental bell metal lamps.