D. Answer the questions in brief.
1. Which region of India was described as Hindustan by Minhaj-i-Siraj?
2. What is epigraphy?
3. What is a chronicle?
4. Name two foreign travellers and their accounts on India.
5. Name two religious movements that originated during the medieval period.
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Answer:
1 : The term 'Hindustan' was used for the first time by Minhaj-i Siraj, a thirteenth-century Persian chronicler. He, with this term, meant the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna.
2:
Description
DescriptionEpigraphy, "inscription", is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.
3: A chronicle is a historical account of facts and events arranged in chronological order, as in a time line. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler.
4: Marco Polo from Italy. Period of Travel: 1288-1292 AD. ...
Ibn-e-Batuta from Morocco. Period of Travel: 1333-1342 AD. ...
Nicoloi Conti from Italy. Period of Travel: 1420-1422 AD. ...
Tsang Hi from China. ...
Abdur Razzak-Ambassador from Iran. ...
Athnasius Niketin from Russia. ...
Bartholomu Diaz-Italian boat man. ...
Eduardo Barbosa-Portuguese.
5 : Bhakti Movement and the Sufi Movement were the two greatest movements that developed during the medieval period.
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