Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Mausoleum of ‘Baiju Bawra’ is situated in Chanderi. Baijnath Mishra, better known as Baiju Bawra (“Baiju the Crazy”), was a dhrupad musician from medieval India. He died in 1610.
 

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The famous Telugu poet Allasani Peddana (1510-1575 AD) is known as Andhra Kavita Pitamahudu or Grandfather of Andhra Poetry. He was in the group of eight poets in the court of Krishnadevaraya, a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire.
He composed Swaarochisha Manu Sambhavam ( one of the Pancha maha kavyas of Telugu literature). The book is a development of an episode in the Markandeya Purana relating to the birth of Svarochishamanu, who is one of the fourteen Manus

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In the Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan (or Council of Eight Ministers), Sar-i-Naubat ( or Senapati) was the Commander-in-chief, who looked after the requirement and administration of the army.

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After defeating from Mahmud of Ghazni in 1000-01 AD, Hindu shahi ruler Raja Jaipala could not survive the shock of humiliation and he burnt himself to death. He was succeeded by his son, Anandpala in 1002 AD.

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Iqbalnama-i-Jahangiri is a book written by Mutamid Khan, a military officer in the army of Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Khan wrote the book in the final years of Jahangir’s reign, after the completion of Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri. The book is divided into three parts, with the first part covering the history of Amir Timur to Humanyun.

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In 1336 AD, the Vijayanagar empire (also called Karnataka Empire) was founded by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama dynasty.

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Kharaj is a type of individual Islamic tax on agricultural land and its produce.

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• Rajarani Temple is an 11th-century Hindu temple located in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha.
• Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres northeast from Puri on the coastline of Odisha, India. The temple is attributed to king Narasimha deva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty about 1250 CE.
• Lepakshi is culturally and archaeologically significant as it is the location of shrines dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Veerabhadra which were built during the Vijayanagara Kings’ period. The temples are the location of mural paintings of the Vijayanagara kings, Vijayanagara paintings and Kannada inscriptions.
• Hoysaleswara temple is also referred simply as the Halebidu temple.It is a 12th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. It is the largest monument in Halebidu, a town in the state of Karnataka, India and the former capital of the Hoysala Empire.

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• Ab’ul Hasan Yamin ud-Din Khusrau is better known as Amir Khusrow Dehlavi. He was a Sufi musician, poet and scholar from India.
• Kabir was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings, according to some scholars, influenced Hinduism’s Bhakti movement.
• Shaikh Abu al-Fazal ibn Mubarak is also known as Abul Fazal. It was the Grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar and author of the Akbarnama.
• Tukaram is also referred to as Sant Tukaram. He was a 17th-century Hindu poet and sant of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.

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Shah Rukh was made of 72-grain silver. One side of the coin contained the name of the king along with his title and date. Initially round in shape, they were later converted to square-shaped coins.