Question

in what ways do you think the policies of Rajendra 1 and Muhammad of Ghazni were a product of their times? How were the actions of the two rulers different?


Refer to NCERT class 7 pg 66​

Answer 1

Answer:

I really don't know but the explanation would be kindda boring

Explanation:

Mahmud of Ghazni and Rajendra Chola were the most powerful rulers in South Asia in the

11th century. Both rulers were contemporaries who ruled in the first half of the 11th century.

Mahmud of Ghazni was the greatest ruler of the Ghaznavid Dynasty which covered during

his reign parts of what is modern Afghanistan and Pakistan. He became famous as he launched

several military campaigns in northwestern Indian Subcontinent.

Rajendra Chola was the most powerful ruler of the Chola Dynasty. He conquered southern India and

Sri Lanka and he successfully invaded huge parts of Southeast Asia and northeastern India.

But who of the 2 Kings would prevail in a clash of the titans.

Answer 2

Answer:

King Rajendra I looted the temples of the defeated rulers and seized prized statues from them. He these statues in the decoration of the Shiva temple, that he built in his capital in the early 11th century.

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was a contemporary of Rajendra I. He destroyed and looted the temples of defeated kings in order to win credit as a great hero of Islam. Thus, King Rajendra, I constructed a temple while Mahmud of Ghazni destroyed it. In this way, their actions were very much different.