Question

D. Answer the following questions in brief.

1. Name the four main clans of the Rajputs.

2. Mention the titles taken by Rashtrakuta rulers.

3. Who was Chand Bardai?

4. List the temples built by Pratihara rulers

5. Give reasons for the decline of feudal system in north India.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Four main Rajput clans are considered to be Agnivanshi. They are Chauhans, Paramara, Solanki and Pratiharas.

2. The titles Subhatunga and Gunatunga were the common titles of Rastrakuta kings. The coins bearing these tiles depicts bust of the king facing either left or right and reverse side depicts title inscribed in the Brahmi script

3.Chand Bardai was an Indian poet who composed Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem in Brajbhasa about the life of the Chahamana king Prithviraj Chauhan. The poem presents him as a court poet of Prithviraj.

4.Gurjara-Pratihara art

5.The fedual system led to decline in North India as fedual Lords gave only small part of land revenue to the king. Many fedual Lords like Paramaras and prathiharas became powerful and established independent kingdom

Answer 2

• Four main Rajput clans of the Rajput are Chauhans, Paramara, Solanki and Pratiharas.

• Chand Bardai was an Indian poet who composed Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem in Brajbhasa