Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Hamida Banu Begam (also known as Maryam Makani) was a wife of the Mughal Emperor Humayun and the mother of Akbar. In the memory of Humayun, she built a magnificent mausoleum near the fort.

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Tulsidas completed the writing of his epic text, Ramcharitmanas, during the reign of Akbar. Akbar was known for his policy of religious tolerance and interest in literature, having many religious books translated into Persian under his rule. Tulsidas was a revered poet and remains an important figure in Indian literature, with Ramcharitmanas considered one of the greatest works of Indian literature.

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By the time people reached Daulatabad, Muhammad Bin Tughlaq changed his mind and decided to abandon the new capital and move to his old capital Delhi. It is believed that he wished to shift the capital as a safeguard measure from Mongol Invasion. The plan of shifting capital was completely failed.

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Kalhana composed a chronicle of the kings of Kashmir in Sanskrit, which is known as Rajatrangini. The work consists of 7826 verses, which are divided into eight books called Tarangas.

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Muhammad Ibn Ahmed Alberuni’s Book Tahqiq-i-Hind (the reality of Hindustan or Hindus) gives a graphic description of India as he had seen it. In this work, he describes the religious, literary, and scientific traditions of India. Alberuni was one of the great Muslim scholars and experts of the medieval period. He came to India with Mohammad Ghaznavi in 1017 and wrote about the conditions and society of India in his account namely Tahqiq-i-Hind.

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Shaik Fakah Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Batuta, a native of Morrocco, Africa, wrote the Rehla. The Rehla, contains good sketches of Sufi saints of the age, Indian trade, industries, agricultural products, roads, traffic, transport, towns, harbors, sea-coast, shipping, weights, and measures, etc.

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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.

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Muhammad Bin Tughlaq’s rule is significant for the introduction of token currency. He understood the importance of currency as a medium of commercial exchange and that is why he took keen interest to circulate gold and silver coins. He enlarged the gold dinar from 172 grains to 202 grains. He introduced a silver coin, the adlis, which was discontinued after seven years due to lack of popularity and acceptance among his subjects.

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The last Ghaznavid Sultan was Khusrau Malik, who at the time of Ghori’s attack, was ruling around Punjab and Lahore region. Ghori captured Lahore in 1186 and Khusrau Malik and his son were taken to Ghur where they were imprisoned, and possibly executed.

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During Medieval India, the Barid-i-Mumalik was the head of the intelligence and news-gathering branch of the Delhi Sultanate that reigned between 1210 and 1526. Tasked with collecting, reporting, and assessing information significant to the Sultan, such intelligence was deemed critical for effective local governance. Throughout the vast country, these intelligence agents known as Munihiyan or reporters, dispatched their surveillance data to the Barid-i-Mumalik.