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CAPITAL OF RASHTRAKUTAS?

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MALKHED (MANYAKHETA)
PRESENT DAY KARNATAKA.

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CAPITAL OF EASTERN CHALUKYAS?

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RAJAHMUNDRY.
EARLIER IT WAS VENGI.
BOTH IN PRESENT DAY ANDHRA PRADESH.

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CAPITAL OF ANARTA KINGDOM?

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DWARKA.

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CAPITAL OF CHERAS?

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MUZIRIS AKA VANCHI
PRESENT DAY KERELA.

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CAPITAL OF PARAMARAS ?

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DHARANAGAR.
PRESENT DAY MADHYA PRADESH.

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CAPITAL OF CHANDELLAS?

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KHAJURAHO (MADHYA PRADESH).

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CAPITAL OF GURJARA PRATIHARAS?

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KANNAUJ (UTTAR PRADESH).

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CAPITAL OF CHAHAMANAS LATER KNOWN AS CHAUHANS?

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SHAKAMBHARI (MODERN SAMBHAR) LATER AJAYAMERU (MODERN AJMER).
THEY RULED AROUND DELHI AND AJMER.

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SAMANTA, MAHASAMANTA AND MAHA MANDALESHWAR MEANING?

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1 SAMANTAS- BIG LANDLORDS OR WARRIOR CHIEFS SUBORDINATES TO KINGS. THEY WERE EXPECTED TO BRING GIFTS FOR THEIR KING OR OVERLOADS.
2 MAHA-SAMANTA- AS SAMANTAS GAINED POWER AND WEALTH, THEY DECLARED THEMSELVES TO BE MAHA-SAMANTA, MAHA-MANDALESHWAR (THE GREAT LORD OF A CIRCLE OR REGION).

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WHAT IS HIRANYA GARBHA?

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IT MEANS THE GOLDEN WOMB.
WHEN THIS RITUAL WAS PERFORMED WITH THE HELP OF THE BRAHMANAS, IT WAS THOUGHT TO LEAD TO THE REBIRTH OF THE SACRIFICER AS A KSHATRIYA, EVEN IF HE WAS NOT ONE BY BIRTH.

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WHO PERFORMED HIRANYA GARBHA?

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RASHTRAKUTAS OF DECCAN WERE SUBORDINATES TO THE CHALUKYAS OF KARNATAKA.
IN MID EIGHT CENTURY DANTIDURGA, A RASHTRAKUTA CHIEF OVERTHREW HIS CHALUKYA OVERLOAD AND PERFORMED HIRANYA GARBHA.

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BRAHMANS WHO GAVE UP THEIR TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONS AND ESTABLISH KINGDOMS?

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KADAMBA MAYURASHARMAN- KARNATAKA.
GURJARA PRATIHARA HARICHANDRA- RAJASTHAN.
THEY WERE BRAHMANAS WHO GAVE UP THEIR TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONS AND TOOK TO ARMS, SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHING KINGDOMS.

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MEANING OF MAHARAJA-ADHIRAJA AND TRIBHUVANA- CHAKRAVARTIN ?

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MAHARAJA-ADHIRAJA- GREAT KING, OVERLORD OF KINGS.
TRIBHUVANA CHAKRAVARTIN- LORD OF THE THREE WORLDS.
IN SPITE OF SUCH CLAIMS, KINGS OFTEN SHARED POWER WITH THEIR SAMANTAS AS WELL AS WITH ASSOCIATIONS OF PEASANTS, TRADERS AND BRAHMANAS.

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TAXES IN CHOLAS PERIOD?

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THERE WERE MORE THAN 400 TERMS FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF TAXES.
● VETTI- TAKEN NOT IN CASH BUT IN TERM OF FORCED LABOUR.
● KADAMAI- LAND REVENUE.
THERE WERE ALSO TAXES ON THATCHING THE HOUSE, THE USE OF LADDER TO CLIMB PALM TREES, A CESS ON SUCCESSION TO FAMILY PROPERTY, ETC.

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TERM KIRATA HAS BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE?

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FOREST PEOPLE.

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WHAT WAS THE USE OF COPPER PLATES?

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KINGS OFTEN REWARDED BRAHMANAS BY GRANTS OF LAND.
THESE WERE RECORDED ON COPPER PLATES.

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AUTHOR OF RAJTARANGINI?

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KALHANA.

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PARTS OF RAJATARANGINI?

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IT IS DIVIDED INTO 8 BOOKS CALLED TARANGAS (WAVES).

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HOW WAS KALHANA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER AUTHORS?

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UNLIKE THE WRITERS OF PRASHASTIS, HE WAS OFTEN CRITICAL ABOUT THE RUELRS AND THEIR POLICIES.

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TRIPARTITE STRUGGLE?

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CITY OF KANAUJ IN GANGA VALLEY WAS VERY PRIZED AREA.
GURJARA PRATIHARA, RASHTRAKUTAS AND PALA DYNASTIES FOUGHT FOR CONTROL OVER THE KANAUJ KNOWN AS TRIPARTITE STRUGGLE.

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AL-BIRUNI WAS SCHOLAR OF WHICH SULTAN?

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SULTAN MAHMUD OF GHAZNI.

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KITAB-UL-HIND IS WRITTEN BY?

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AL-BIRUNI.
IT IS AN ARABIC WORK ABOUT THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.

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CHAHAMANAS ATTEMPTED TO EXPAND THEIR CONTROL TO THE WEST AND THE EAST, WHERE THEY WERE OPPOSED BY?

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CHALUKYAS OF GUJARAT AND THE GAHADVALAS OF THE WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH.

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THE BEST KNOWN CHAHAMANAS RULER WAS?

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PRITHVIRAJA 3 (1168-1192).

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FIRST BATTLE OF TARAIN?

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PRITHVIRAJ 3 DEFEATED AN AFGHAN RULER SULTAN MUHAMMAD GHORI IN 1191.

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SECOND BATTLE OF TARAIN?

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IN 1192 SULTAN MUHAMMAD GHORI VICTORIOUS.
KILLED PRITHVIRAJ 3.

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CAPITAL OF KADAMBAS?

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BANAVASI (KARNATAKA).

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GANGAIKONDACHOLAPURAM IS LOCATED ON WHICH RIVER?

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KAVERI.

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WHO WERE MUTTARAIYAR?

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A MINOR CHIEF FAMILY KNOWN AS THE MUTTARAIYAR WHO HELD POWER IN THE KAVERI DELTA.

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MUTTARAIYAR WERE SUBORDINATES TO?

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THEY WERE SUBORDINATES TO PALLAVA KINGS OF THE KANCHIPURAM.

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WHO CAPTURED THE DELTA FROM MUTTARAIYARS?

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VIJAYALAYA, WHO BELONGED TO THE ANCIENT CHIEF FAMILY OF THE CHOLAS FROM URAIYAR, CAPTURED THE DELTA FROM THE MUTTARAIYAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINTH CENTURY.
HE BUILT THE TOWN OF THANJAVUR AND A TEMPLE FOR GODDESS NISHUMBHASUDINI THERE.

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1 MOST POWERFUL CHOLA RULER.
2 BECAME KING IN 985.
3 REORGANIZED THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMPIRE.?

A

RAJARAJA 1.

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RAJENDRA 1?

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1 SON OF RAJARAJA 1.
2 CONTINUED HIS FATHER’S POLICIES AND EVEN RAIDED THE GANGA VALLEY, SRI LANKA AND COUNTRIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA.
3 DEVELOPED A NAVY FOR THESE EXPEDITIONS.

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THE BIG TEMPLES OF THANJAVUR AND GANGAIKONDACHOLAPURAM WERE BUILT BY.

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RAJARAJA AND RAJENDRA.

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WHAT WERE SLUICE GATES?

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WOOD OR METAL BARRIERS THAT REGULATED THE OUTFLOW OF WATER FROM A TANK INTO THE CHANNELS THAT IRRIGATED THE FIELDS.

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WHAT IS UR?

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1 SETTLEMENTS OF PEASANTS KNOWN AS UR.
2 IN UR LAND OWNERS WERE NOT BRAHMINS.
3 THESE SETTLEMENTS BECAME PROSPEROUS WITH THE SPREAD OF IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE.

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WHAT WAS NADU?

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GROUP OF VILLAGES FORMED LARGER UNITS CALLED NADUS.

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FUNCTION OF NADU?

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VILLAGE COUNCIL AND THE NADU PERFORMED SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS INCLUDING DISPENSING JUSTICE AND COLLECTING TAXES.

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RICH PEASANTS OF THE VELLALA CASTE EXERCISED CONSIDERABLE CONTROL OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THE NADU UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF?

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CENTRAL CHOLA GOVERNMENT.

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THE CHOLA KINGS GAVE SOME RICH LANDOWNERS TITLES LIKE MUVENDAVELAN, ARAIYAR ETC AS MARKERS OF RESPECT AND ENTRUSTED THEM WITH IMPORTANT OFFICES OF THE STATE AT THE CENTRE. WHAT DOES THESE TERMS MEAN?

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MUVENDAVELAN- A VELAN OR A PEASANT SERVING THREE KINGS.
ARAIYAR- CHIEF.

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VELLANVAGAI MENTIONED IN CHOLA INSCRIPTION MEANS?

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LAND OF NON-BRAHMANA PEASANT PROPRIETORS.

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BRAHMADEYA MENTIONED IN CHOLA INSCRIPTION MEANS?

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LAND GIFTED TO BRAHMANAS.

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SHALABHOGA MENTIONED IN CHOLA INSCRIPTION MEANS?

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LAND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A SCHOOL.

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TIRUNAMATTUKKANI MENTIONED IN CHOLA INSCRIPTION MEANS?

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LAND GIFTED TO TEMPLES.
ALSO KNOWN AS DEVADANA.

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PALLICHCHHANDAM MENTIONED IN CHOLA INSCRIPTION MEANS?

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LAND DONATED TO JAINA INSTITUTIONS.

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BRAHMANAS OFTEN RECIEVED LAND GRANTS OR BRAHMADEYA WHICH RESULTED IN?

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A LARGE NUMBER OF BRAHMA SETTLEMENTS IN THE KAVERI VALLEY AS IN OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH INDIA.

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TRUE/FALSE
EACH BRAHMADEYA WAS LOOKED AFTER BY AN ASSEMBLY OR SABHA?

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TRUE.
LOOKED BY AN ASSEMBLY OF PROMINENT BRAHMANA LANDLORDS.

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WHAT WERE NAGARAMS?

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ASSOCIATIONS OF TRADERS KNOWN AS NAGARAMS ALSO OCCASIONALLY PERFORMED ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS IN TOWNS.

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INSCRIPTIONS FROM UTTARAMERUR IN CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT TAMIL NADU PROVIDE DETAILS OF?

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1 PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE WAY IN WHICH SABHA WAS ORGANIZED.
2 THE SABHA HAD SEPARTE COMMITTEES TO LOOK AFTER IRRIGATION WORKS, GARDENS AND TEMPLES ETC.
3 NAME OF THOSE ELIGIBLE TO BE MEMBERS OF THESE COMMITTEES WERE WRITTEN ON SMALL TICKETS OF PALM LEAF; THESE TICKETS WERE PUT INTO AN EARTHENWARE POT, FROM WHICH A YOUNG BOY WAS AKSED TO TAKE OUT THE TICKETS, ONE BY ONE FOR EACH COMMITTEE.

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CRITERIA FOR BECOMING MEMBER OF A SABHA AS PER UTTARAMERUR INSCRIPTION?

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ALL THOSE WHO WISH TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE SABHA SHOULD BE
1 OWNERS OF LAND FROM WHICH LAND REVENUE IS COLLECTED.
2 THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN HOMES.
3 THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VEDAS.
4 THEY SHOULD BE BETWEEN 35 AND 70 YEARS OF AGE.
5 THEY SHOULD WE WELL VERSED IN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AND HONEST.

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WHO CANNOT BECOME A MEMBER OF COMMITTEE OF A SABHA AS PER UTTARAMERUR INSCRIPTION?

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1 IF ANYONE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF ANY COMMITTEE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, HE CANNOT BECOME A MEMBER OF ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
2 ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SUBMITTED HIS ACCOUNTS, AND THOSE OF HIS RELATIVES, CANNOT CONTEST THE ELECTIONS.

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WHAT IS PERIYAPURANAM?

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12TH CENTURY TAMIL WORK.

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TERM PULAIYAS MEANING?

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ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ADANUR (KARNATAKA) WAS A SMALL HAMLET OF PULAIYAS (A NAME USED FOR A SOCIAL GROUP CONSIDERED OUTCASTES BY BRAHMANS AND VELLALAS).

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MATCH THE FOLLOWING
GURJARA PRATIHARAS BENGAL
RASHTRAKUTAS TAMIL NADU
PALAS GUJARAT AND RAJASTHAN
CHOLAS WESTERN DECCAN

A

GURJARA PRATIHARAS- GUJARAT AND RAJASTHAN
RASHTRAKUTAS- WESTERN DECCAN
PALAS- BENGAL
CHOLAS- TAMIL NADU

MEDIEVAL HISTORY (15 decks)

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