Medieval Indian History MCQs

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Tuzuk -i-Baburi ( or Baburnama) was the autobiography of Babur, the founder of Mughal empire in India. It was written in Turki, in which he gave an excellent account of India and his empire. The autobiography of Babur was translated in Persian by Abdur Rahim Mirza.

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The silver coin introduced during the reign of Sultan Mohammad-bin Tughlaq was called Adl.

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The Bahamani Dynasty initially established their capital in Gulbarga (now Kalaburagi) before shifting it to Bidar in 1425 AD. Despite its historic importance, Gulbarga’s capital description is often overlooked with Bidar commonly mistaken as the dynasty’s original capital. Gulbarga, was originally known as Ahsanabad, and Bidar was known as Muhammadabad.

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Kurram was the lowest unit of Chola administration. In the Chola empire, Kingdom was divided into Mandalams (or provinces) and each mandalam divided into Valanadus (Commissionary) and Nadus (Districts) and Kurram ( group of villages).

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The horse was the most common animal to be depicted on the pillars. The most magnificent of the temples in this style are in Hampi-Vijayanagar.

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Initially known as Veerashaivas, since the 18th century adherents of this faith are known as Lingayats. Lingayatism was founded, or revived, by the 12th-century philosopher and statesman Basava in Karnataka.

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Ibrahim Adil Shah II of the Adil Shahi dynasty, was the king of Bijapur Sultanate.
Ibrahim Adil Shah II of the Adil Shahi dynasty was king of the Sultanate of Bijapur. Under his reign the dynasty had its greatest period as he extended its frontier as far south as Mysore. He was a skillful administrator, artist, poet and a generous patron of the arts.
 

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Indigenous chieftains from Karnataka rose to become the founders of a dynasty after a series of internal bickerings with other local chieftains. Vijaya and Krishna, two brothers were responsible for the establishment of this small feudatory state of Vijayanagara Empire. Vijaya ascended the throne under the assumed name of Yaduraja in 1399 A.D. To begin with, this was a very small state containing only parts of Mysore district. Mysore was the capital city.

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Muhammad Qazim was appointed Munshi by Aurangzeb in the first year of his reign and was later on commissioned by the emperor to complete the annals of his reign. After the eleventh year, up to which point Muhammad Qazim recorded his history, Aurangzeb forbade its continuation. On the manuscript being shown to Aurangzeb, he withdrew his permission for the preparation of this official history. Alamgirnama is a good detailed history of the first ten years of Aurangzeb’s reign from 1658 to 1668.

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The credit of establishing the Muslim rule in India goes to the Turks. The reason for their conquest of India lies in following
• They had assuming the leadership of Islam through conversion with more fanatical in their religious zeal
• Their sense of superiority of their race
• They had determination to propagate Islam
• They had believe in strength of their arms The Turks conquered a large part of western Asia and moving towards the east penetrated into India with Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was the first to penetrate deep into India.