History
A Write a short note on:-
1. The Ghaznavids
2. The Ghorids
3. Literary Sources
4. The Tripartite Struggle
B. Answer these questions in brief:-
1. Give examples of the kingdoms that came up in the north and south of India.
2. Who were the Palas? Who founded the Pala Dynasty?
3. Explain the origin of the Rajputs.
C. Answer these questions in detail:-
1. The medieval period in India was a period of innovations and social changes.
Justify this.
2. Discuss the administration of the Cholas.
3. Explain the outcome of the Battles of Tarain.
Answers
1)The Ghaznavid Empire was a Khorāṣānian Turkish Sunni Muslim state, which existed from 975 to 1187. It was centered in Ghazni, a city in present Afghanistan, and ruled much of Persia, Transoxania, and the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent.
2)Ghorids a dynasty of sultans from Ghor, from the house of Suri. They founded an independent state (1148–1206) in the upper reaches of the Hari Rud and Helmand rivers, the center of which was the mountainous Ghor region (in what is present-day Afghanistan) and the capitals, the cities of Firoz Koh and Ghazni. The Ghorid state achieved its greatest power under the sultans Ghiyas-ud-Din Muhammad (1163–1203) and Shihab-ud-din (Muizz-ud-Din or Muhammad Ghori; 1203–06). who seized almost the entire territory of present-day Afghanistan and also Sind, Punjab. Benares, and other regions and cities in India. Having joined battle with the Khwarezm-Shahs, the Ghorid troops were defeated, and their state disintegrated in 1206.
3) Literary sources are the information sources reviewed to create a report or a writing assignment. Sources include information in print, electronic and visual formats such as books.. Literary sources are categorized as primary, secondary or tertiary sources. Primary sources are letters, autobiographies and research reports. Secondary sources include reports from primary sources analyzed by others. Tertiary sources include encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks.
4)The Tripartite Struggle for control of northern India took place in the ninth century. The struggle was between the Pratihara Empire, the Pala Empire and the Rashtrakuta Empire. Towards the end of the successor of Nagabhata II, successfully attacked Kanaujand established control there.
B)1)Pandyan, Chalukya
2)The Pala Empire was an imperial power during the Late Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the region of Bengal. Pala dynasty, ruling dynasty in Bihar and Bengal, India, from the 8th to the 12th century. Its founder, Gopala, was a local chieftain who rose to power in the mid-8th century during a period of anarchy.
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