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Mahmud of Ghazni entrusted which scholar to write the Kitab ul-Hind?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chahamanas, later called Chauhans, ruled the region around Delhi and:Read the answer and worked solution →Prithviraja III defeated Sultan Muhammad Ghori in 1191 but lost to him in:Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayalaya of the Cholas captured the Kaveri delta from which minor chiefly family?Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayalaya built the town of Thanjavur and a temple to the goddess:Read the answer and worked solution →Rajaraja I, considered the most powerful Chola ruler, became king in:Read the answer and worked solution →Groups of Chola peasant villages formed larger units called:Read the answer and worked solution →Land gifted to Brahmanas in the Chola kingdom was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Land gifted to temples in the Chola kingdom was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Inscriptions describing how the sabha chose committee members by lottery come from:Read the answer and worked solution →Sabha members at Uttaramerur had to be aged between:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Chola land categoriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the early medieval dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the early medieval datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the medieval termsRead the answer and worked solution →North or CholaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the kingdom cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →New kingdoms bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Engineers first stumbled upon the site of Harappa while laying:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan cities developed about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The smaller, higher western part of a Harappan city is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Bath, lined with bricks and sealed with natural tar, was built in the citadel of:Read the answer and worked solution →Fire altars where sacrifices may have been performed were found at Lothal and:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan seal signs are the earliest known form of what in the subcontinent?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan stone weights were made of:Read the answer and worked solution →Many Harappan beads were made of a beautiful red stone called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which artificially produced glazed material did Harappans use for beads and bangles?Read the answer and worked solution →Cotton was probably grown at Mehrgarh from about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappans probably got copper from Rajasthan and from which West Asian land?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Mahmud of Ghazni entrusted which scholar to write the Kitab ul-Hind?

  1. Al-Idrisi
  2. Al-Biruni
  3. Firdausi
  4. Ibn Battuta
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Correct answer: B. Al-Biruni

1. It is an Arabic account of the subcontinent. 2. Al-Biruni wrote it. 3. He consulted Sanskrit scholars. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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The Chahamanas, later called Chauhans, ruled the region around Delhi and:

  1. Ujjain
  2. Gwalior
  3. Ajmer
  4. Kanauj
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Correct answer: C. Ajmer

1. The Chalukyas of Gujarat opposed them in the west. 2. Their base was Delhi and Ajmer. 3. Prithviraja III was their best-known ruler. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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Prithviraja III defeated Sultan Muhammad Ghori in 1191 but lost to him in:

  1. 1193
  2. 1206
  3. 1194
  4. 1192
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Correct answer: D. 1192

1. He ruled from 1168 to 1192. 2. The defeat came in 1192. 3. Delhi then passed to the Sultans. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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