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Chola inscriptions refer to more than how many different terms for taxes?Read the answer and worked solution →The most frequently mentioned Chola tax, vetti, was taken in the form of:Read the answer and worked solution →The prashasti describing Pratihara king Nagabhata's exploits was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Land grants to Brahmanas were recorded on:Read the answer and worked solution →The twelfth-century Sanskrit history of Kashmir's kings was composed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The tripartite struggle was fought for control of which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three dynasties fought the tripartite struggle?Read the answer and worked solution →Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni ruled from 997 to:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Chola inscriptions refer to more than how many different terms for taxes?

  1. Over 100
  2. Over 400
  3. Over 40
  4. Over 4,000
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Correct answer: B. Over 400

1. Taxes covered thatching and even ladders for palm trees. 2. There were more than 400 tax terms. 3. Vetti and kadamai were the commonest. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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The most frequently mentioned Chola tax, vetti, was taken in the form of:

  1. Land revenue
  2. Grain tribute
  3. Forced labour
  4. Cash payment
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Correct answer: C. Forced labour

1. Kadamai was the land revenue. 2. Vetti was forced labour, not cash. 3. Revenue was also collected from traders. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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The prashasti describing Pratihara king Nagabhata's exploits was found at:

  1. Kanauj
  2. Ujjain
  3. Kannur
  4. Gwalior
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Correct answer: D. Gwalior

1. It is written in Sanskrit. 2. It was found in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. 3. It lists kings he claimed to defeat. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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