Elephants were imported from Arabia and great attention was paid to them in the army under the sultanates
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Answer: EXERCISES
Question 1.
Who laid the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate?
Answer:
Qutub-ud-din Aibak laid the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate.
Question 2.
Name any two Inscriptions to reconstruct the age of the Delhi Sultanate.
Answer:
The Pehowa Inscription,
Sarban Inscription.
Question 3.
Mention any two ways in which Inscriptions may be used for reconstructing the history of the Delhi Sultanate.
Answer:
Inscriptions — These are valuable supplements and not the sole sources of information on the Delhi Sultanate. The inscriptions are found on coins, monuments, milestones and tombstones. Some of the inscriptions are in Sanskrit, some in Arabic and some in both the languages. For example, the first coin issued by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji bears both Arabic and Sanskrit inscriptions. Similarly, the famous traveller Ibn Batuta noticed a commemorative inscription in the Jama Masjid in Delhi, which he deciphered.
The Pehowa Inscription of the Pratihara king Mahendrapala suggests that Delhi was founded in 736 AD by the Tomaras, a clan of the Rajputs. It mentions that the Tomaras ruled over the Haryana region with Dhilika (Delhi) as their Capital. The Sarban Inscription (found in the village Sarban, South Delhi) contains a brief account of the history of Delhi until the reign of Muhammad Tughlaq (1325-1351).
Question 4.
Mention any two architectural features of Qutab Minar.
Answer:
The entrance to the tower is through the doorway on the northern side. Inside, there is a spiral stairway leading upto each balcony.
Red sandstone, marble and grey quartzite were used to construct the tower which is the highest stone tower in India.
Question 5.
Mention any two measures taken by Alauddin Khalji for control of the Market.
Answer:
Alauddin is best known in history for his market regulations. He fixed the cost of all commodities from food grains, sugar and cooking oil to a needle, costly imported cloth, horses, cattle, slave boys and girls.
He set up three markets at Delhi e.g., for food grains, cloth and horses, slave and cattle, under the control of ‘ Shahna’ or the controller. Strict punishment was given for cheating.
Question 6.
Mention any two schemes of Muhammed Tughlaq that failed and made him extremely unpopular.
Answer:
Two schemes of Muhammed Tughlaq that failed and made him extremely unpopular were:
Muhammed Tughlaq increased the taxation in the Doab (the territory between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna).
His decision to transfer his Capital from Delhi to Devagiri (Daulatabad) with a view to having the Capital situated in the middle of his kingdom. He was bent upon taking all the inhabitants of Delhi to the new Capital. Both of his schemes failed as people never accepted both the schemes of him.
Question 7.
Why did Muhammad Tughlak’s scheme for increased taxation in Doab fail ?
Answer:
There occurred a severe famine because of failure of rains. The people offered resistance, but the Sultan’s officers continued to realise taxes mercilessly. The cultivators were, therefore, forced to abandon their lands. The Sultan tried to help the cultivators by giving them loans to buy seeds bullocks etc. Arrangements were also made for the digging of wells for irrigation purposes. But the scheme failed
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