Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
(a) Khajuraho was ruled by the .............Rajputs.
(b) Temples built in the ............. style of temple
(c) A famous temple at Madurai is .............
(d) The true arch was introduced in India by .............
(e) Shah Jahan used ............. extensively as a building material in his monuments.
2. Choose the correct answer.
(a) The type of temple design which has a beehive tower is known as
(i) nagara. (ii) dravida.
(b) Sher Shah’s tomb is located in
(i) Agra. (i) saram.
(c) Humayun’s Tomb was built during the reign of
(i) Shah Iahan. (ii) Akbar.
(d) The PuranaQila was built by
(i) Hamida Begum. (ii) NurIahan.
(e) The use of semi-precious stones in inlay work is called
(i) Mihrab (ii) finial
3. Match the following:
(a) mandapa
(b) Brihadeshwara temple
(c) Babur
(d) JahangiriMahal.
(e) JodhaBai Palace
4. Write true or false. Correct the false sentenc
(a) The south Indian style of architecture was called the nagara style.
(b) The dome is the sphere-shaped roof of a building.
(C) The tradition of using marble in architecture started with Jahangir.
(d) The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah wa
(e) The Moti Masjid is the largest mosque in India.
5. Name the common features of Hindu temple architecture
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Answer:
1(a) The temples of Khajuraho were commissioned by the Rajput rulers of Chandella Dynasty who ruled over central India from the 10th to the 13th Century CE. The temples are known for their elaborate and intricate carvings and sculpture
(b) Kamakhya temple, a Shakti Peeth, is dedicated to Goddess Kamakhya and was built in the 17th century in Assam. Bengal: The style of the sculptures during the period between the ninth and eleventh centuries in Bengal (including Bangladesh) and Bihar is known as the Pala style, named after the ruling dynasty at the time.
(c) Meenakshi Amman Temple
2. (a) In the Nagara style temples, the tower is beehive shaped. Such a tower is called 'Shikara', the plan (top view) of which is based on a square. The 'Shikara' directly over the 'Garbha Griha' (Sanctum Sanctorum) is, in general, the tallest.
(b) The tomb of Sher Shah Suri is in the Sasaram town of Bihar state, India. The tomb was built in memory of Emperor Sher Shah Suri, a Pathan from Bihar who defeated the Mughal Empire and founded the Suri Empire in northern India.
(c) Humayun's Tomb was built in the 1560's, with the patronage of Humayun's son, the great Emperor Akbar. Persian and Indian craftsmen worked together to build the garden-tomb, far grander than any tomb built before in the Islamic world.
(d)Sher Shah Suri
(e) Pietra dura (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtra ˈduːra]) or pietre dure [ˈpjɛːtre ˈduːre] (see below), called parchin kari or parchinkari (Persian: پرچین کاری) in the Indian Subcontinent, is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art.
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