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History - Medieval India Flashcards

1
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Two main clans of Rajputs

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Surya Vansha & Chandra Vansha

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Prithviraj Chauhan defeated _____ in the First Battle of Tarrain [1191].

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Mohammed of Ghori

  • Prithviraj was killed by him in the second battle of Tarrain [1192]
  • established Muslim rule over India
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The Rajput ruler Bhoja Parmar of Malwa was also known as ____.

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Kaviraj

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Kandariya Mahadev temple at Khajuraho were built by ____.

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Chandellas of Bundelkhand

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5
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____ temple at Mt Abu was built by Siddharaja Solanki of Gujarat.

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Dilwara temple

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_____ temple in Cambodia was built by Suryavarman II.

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Angkorvat temple

  • dedicated to Lord Vishnu
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Somadeva wrote ____ during the Rajput rule.

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Kathasaritasagar

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____ is the biography of Chalukya King, Vikramadeva VI

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Vikramadeva Charita by Bilhana

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9
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____ contains the history of Kashmir, written during the Rajput rule.

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Rajtarangini of Kalhana

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First Muslim to invade India

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Mohammed Qassim of Iraq

  • defeated the ruler of Sind
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11
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This Turkish ruler invaded India 17 times.

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Mahmud of Ghazni

  • plundered Somnath temple in his 16th raid [1025 AD]
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12
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____ wrote Sahnemeh

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Firdausi [court poet of Ghazni]

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13
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___ founded the Chola dynasty.

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Vijayalaya

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___ build the city, Gangaikondacholapuram.

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Rajendra I

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____ founded slave dynasty.

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Qutub ud-din Aibak

  • former slave of Ghori
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16
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Qutub ud-din Aibak was given the title of ___.

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Lakh Bakhsh

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Qutub Minar was built in the honour of this person.

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Sufi saint, Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

  • started by Aibak; completed by Iltutmish
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18
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Aibak patronised these two writers.

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Hasan Nizami & Fakhruddin

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Real founder of the Delhi Sultanate

20
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Iltutmish saved Delhi from the wrath of ____ by refusing shelter to Khwarizm Shah

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Chegiz Khan

21
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First and only woman to ever rule India.

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Razia Sultan

22
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Iltutmish’s corp of 40 loyal slaves was called ____.

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Turkan-i-Chahalgani / Chalisa

23
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___ ruler of the Delhi sultanate ordered the separation of military from finance department.

24
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Balbal also took on the title of ____.

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Zil-i-Ilahi [shadow of god]

25
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____ started the festival of Nauroz.

26
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____ invaded Devangiri in 1294.

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Jalaluddin Khilji & Alauddin Khilji

27
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First ruler of the Sultan dynasty to have a permanent army.

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Alauddin Khilji

  • adopted the title of Sikander-i-Sahni
28
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Most important fort built by Alauddin Khilji

29
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Entrance gate of Qutub Minar is called ___.

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Alai Darwaza

30
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Founder of Tughlaq dynasty

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Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

31
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____ took on the title of Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq when he ascended the throne.

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Jauna Khan

32
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___ changed the Iqta system from being salary-based to hereditary.

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Firoz Shah Tughlaq

  • land of the empire divided into several tracts called Iqta & assigned to soldiers, officers and nobles.
33
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Firoz Shah Tughlaq renamed ____ as Firozabad.

34
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____ imposed a tax on Brahmins for the first time in Indian history.

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Firoz Shah Tughlaq

  • called Jaziya
35
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___ wrote Tarikh-i-Firozshahi & Fatwa-i-Jahangiri

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Barani [historian]

36
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Timur invaded India during the rule of ____.

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Nasiruddin Mohammed Tughlaq

37
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Founder of Sayyid Dynasty

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Khizr Khan

  • took on title ‘Rayat-i-Ala’
38
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Founder of Lodhi dynasty in India

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Bahlol Lodhi

39
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Real name of Sikandar Lodhi

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Nizam Khan

  • wrote verses in Persian under pen name ‘Gulrukhi’
40
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This Lodhi ruler defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar

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Ibrahim Lodhi

41
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____ battle marks the end of Delhi Sultanate

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First Battle of Panipat [1526]

  • between Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
42
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Head of military department in Delhi Sultanate was called ____.

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Ariz-i-Mamalik

43
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These two instruments were introduced during the Delhi Sultanate

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Sarangi & Rabab

44
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___ invented the Sitar

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Amir Khusro

  • also innovated Khayyal
45
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Other names for Amir Khusro

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Tuti-i-Hind or Parrot of India

46
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____ built Ahmedabad and Jama Masjid

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Ahmed Shah I

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