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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 →Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under which Rajput dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →Coins minted at Delhi under the Tomaras and Chauhans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Raziyya, daughter of Iltutmish, became Sultan in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which chronicler thought Raziyya more able than her brothers yet was uncomfortable with a queen?Read the answer and worked solution →Queen Rudramadevi, who pretended to be a man on her inscriptions, belonged to the:Read the answer and worked solution →Histories written in Persian under the Delhi Sultans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The language of administration under the Delhi Sultans was:Read the answer and worked solution →Military expeditions into southern India began during the reign of:Read the answer and worked solution →Special slaves purchased for military service under the early Sultans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Territories assigned to military commanders as governors were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The holder of an iqta was called an iqtadar or:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Alauddin Khalji, the tax on cultivation called kharaj amounted to about what share of produce?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded Transoxiana in:Read the answer and worked solution →Alauddin Khalji built which new garrison town for his soldiers?Read the answer and worked solution →To stop merchants overcharging his cash-paid soldiers, Alauddin Khalji:Read the answer and worked solution →Muhammad Tughluq sent the residents of old Delhi to his new capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →Muhammad Tughluq's token currency was made of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sayyid and Lodi dynasties ruled from Delhi and Agra until:Read the answer and worked solution →Sher Shah Sur defeated which Mughal emperor to capture Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sur dynasty ruled for only:Read the answer and worked solution →Sher Shah's efficient administration became the model followed by:Read the answer and worked solution →Balban, who consolidated the Sultanate, ruled from 1266 to:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Sultanate dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Alauddin's measuresRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Sultanate datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the medieval terms

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Samanta
  2. Prashasti
  3. Vetti
  4. Kadamai
  5. Nadu
Instructions
Slice only the terms of early medieval kingdoms. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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North or Chola

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Upper category
North
Lower category
Chola
Items
  1. Category
    North
    Item
    Pratihara
  2. Category
    North
    Item
    Kanauj
  3. Category
    North
    Item
    Mahmud
  4. Category
    North
    Item
    Chauhan
  5. Category
    Chola
    Item
    Rajaraja
  6. Category
    Chola
    Item
    Nadu
  7. Category
    Chola
    Item
    Vellala
  8. Category
    Chola
    Item
    Thanjavur
Instructions
Send each clue to the north Indian track or the Chola track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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Sort the kingdom clues

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Items
  1. Group
    Record
    Item
    Hiranya
  2. Group
    Record
    Item
    Prashasti
  3. Group
    Record
    Item
    Copper plate
  4. Group
    Tax
    Item
    Vetti
  5. Group
    Tax
    Item
    Kadamai
  6. Group
    Tax
    Item
    400 taxes
  7. Group
    Land
    Item
    Brahmadeya
  8. Group
    Land
    Item
    Devadana
  9. Group
    Land
    Item
    Shalabhoga
Groups
  1. Item
    Record
  2. Item
    Tax
  3. Item
    Land
Instructions
Drop each clue onto rituals and records, taxes, or land grants.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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