History - Medieval India Flashcards
Two main clans of Rajputs
Surya Vansha & Chandra Vansha
Prithviraj Chauhan defeated _____ in the First Battle of Tarrain [1191].
Mohammed of Ghori
- Prithviraj was killed by him in the second battle of Tarrain [1192]
- established Muslim rule over India
The Rajput ruler Bhoja Parmar of Malwa was also known as ____.
Kaviraj
Kandariya Mahadev temple at Khajuraho were built by ____.
Chandellas of Bundelkhand
____ temple at Mt Abu was built by Siddharaja Solanki of Gujarat.
Dilwara temple
_____ temple in Cambodia was built by Suryavarman II.
Angkorvat temple
- dedicated to Lord Vishnu
Somadeva wrote ____ during the Rajput rule.
Kathasaritasagar
____ is the biography of Chalukya King, Vikramadeva VI
Vikramadeva Charita by Bilhana
____ contains the history of Kashmir, written during the Rajput rule.
Rajtarangini of Kalhana
First Muslim to invade India
Mohammed Qassim of Iraq
- defeated the ruler of Sind
This Turkish ruler invaded India 17 times.
Mahmud of Ghazni
- plundered Somnath temple in his 16th raid [1025 AD]
____ wrote Sahnemeh
Firdausi [court poet of Ghazni]
___ founded the Chola dynasty.
Vijayalaya
___ build the city, Gangaikondacholapuram.
Rajendra I
____ founded slave dynasty.
Qutub ud-din Aibak
- former slave of Ghori
Qutub ud-din Aibak was given the title of ___.
Lakh Bakhsh
Qutub Minar was built in the honour of this person.
Sufi saint, Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
- started by Aibak; completed by Iltutmish
Aibak patronised these two writers.
Hasan Nizami & Fakhruddin
Real founder of the Delhi Sultanate
Iltutmish
Iltutmish saved Delhi from the wrath of ____ by refusing shelter to Khwarizm Shah
Chegiz Khan
First and only woman to ever rule India.
Razia Sultan
Iltutmish’s corp of 40 loyal slaves was called ____.
Turkan-i-Chahalgani / Chalisa
___ ruler of the Delhi sultanate ordered the separation of military from finance department.
Balban
Balbal also took on the title of ____.
Zil-i-Ilahi [shadow of god]
____ started the festival of Nauroz.
Balban
____ invaded Devangiri in 1294.
Jalaluddin Khilji & Alauddin Khilji
First ruler of the Sultan dynasty to have a permanent army.
Alauddin Khilji
- adopted the title of Sikander-i-Sahni
Most important fort built by Alauddin Khilji
Alai Fort
Entrance gate of Qutub Minar is called ___.
Alai Darwaza
Founder of Tughlaq dynasty
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
____ took on the title of Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq when he ascended the throne.
Jauna Khan
___ changed the Iqta system from being salary-based to hereditary.
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- land of the empire divided into several tracts called Iqta & assigned to soldiers, officers and nobles.
Firoz Shah Tughlaq renamed ____ as Firozabad.
Pandua
____ imposed a tax on Brahmins for the first time in Indian history.
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- called Jaziya
___ wrote Tarikh-i-Firozshahi & Fatwa-i-Jahangiri
Barani [historian]
Timur invaded India during the rule of ____.
Nasiruddin Mohammed Tughlaq
Founder of Sayyid Dynasty
Khizr Khan
- took on title ‘Rayat-i-Ala’
Founder of Lodhi dynasty in India
Bahlol Lodhi
Real name of Sikandar Lodhi
Nizam Khan
- wrote verses in Persian under pen name ‘Gulrukhi’
This Lodhi ruler defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar
Ibrahim Lodhi
____ battle marks the end of Delhi Sultanate
First Battle of Panipat [1526]
- between Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
Head of military department in Delhi Sultanate was called ____.
Ariz-i-Mamalik
These two instruments were introduced during the Delhi Sultanate
Sarangi & Rabab
___ invented the Sitar
Amir Khusro
- also innovated Khayyal
Other names for Amir Khusro
Tuti-i-Hind or Parrot of India
____ built Ahmedabad and Jama Masjid
Ahmed Shah I