The Revelation of Medieval India- -- W S

The Revelation of Medieval India

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Q I Fill in the blanks:

1. Minhaj-us-Siraj, a medieval scholar used the term Hindustan in the 13th

century.

2. Ibn Batuta was a traveler who wrote detailed information of his travels under

the title Rihla.

3. Chand Bardai was the royal bard of Prithviraj III.

4. Democracy relies on freedom of expression of the people.

Q II Identify the various sources of history and write two lines explaining its

importance in understanding our past.

Type of source                                Importance

Archeological sources

Sculptures and paintings--- It helps us to know about the growth and development of art, artists, patrons, history, geography, society,religion, culture,

languages, literature.

Numismatic material---- Helps us understand important historical events, vital source of political history, determine the extent and frontiers of an empire, dates of succession can be sorted out, information of language and the script, names of kings,titles, date and place of issue and the emblem of dynasties

Literary sources

Autobiographies and biographies---Written records,valuable insight into administration,economy, society of that time. Understand the life of kings, major events, court records,etc.

Q III List the dominant powers of the medieval India after the disintegration of the

Delhi Sultanate.

1. M2u.ghal empire, Bahmani, Vijaynagara, Marathas, Sikhs, Jats and Ahoms.

Q IV The people who came from outside India influenced the economy of the

medieval period. Give examples to justify the statement.

The people who came from outside India introduced new elements in the field

of technology. For example, the Persian wheel in irrigation, the spinning wheel

in weaving and firearms in combats. They brought new food items such as

potatoes, corn, chillies, tea and coffee with them.

Q V Read the passage and answer the following questions.

1. Renaissance means ‘rebirth’. List the various walks of life influenced by

Renaissance.

Education, science, art, literature, music, and life for people in general.

2. Name two major events of the middle ages. Black Plague, Rise of Islam.

3. Imagine you are a person who has experienced the transition from the Dark

Age to Renaissance in Europe. Write three lines describing the change in your life.

My life was miserable during the Dark Age with misadministration and constant

wars. But the end of the Dark Age was marked by significant changes in

people’s attitude and local institutions that governed the region. The transition

brought with new hopes and aspirations of a new changed more creative and

tolerant society.

Did you know?

Interesting excavations:

1.This vast terracotta army that was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor

of China, is certainly intense in its own right. Apparently the intention was for

the soldiers to protect the emperor in the afterlife.

2.Discovered in 1799 by a French soldier sifting through the Egyptian sand, the

Rosetta Stone has been one of archaeology’s greatest discoveries to date

and the primary source for modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. The

stone is a actually a fragment of a larger stone that contained a decree

issued by King Ptolemy V around 200 BC with the decree inscribed in 3

languages – Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Ancient Greek.