Medieval History Art and Culture Quiz

The impressive maze on the upper floor of the monument, known locally as Bhul Bhulaiya, is the main draw of the Imambara. The Bara Imambara was built in a distinctive manner.

Khams was the Arabic word for one-fifth of the loot taken during battle (four-fifth was left for the soldiers). On all things that are deemed to be ghanima, a 20% tax is required to be paid (booty seized with war).

Ibrahim Shah Sharki erected the Atala Masjid in 1408 AD, and it later came to be regarded as the model for the creation of all other mosques in Jaunpur. Beautiful galleries were constructed in this mosque and were encircled by elegant walls. It is taller than 100 feet.

The Delhi Sultanate is credited with inventing the pargana. A pargana is made up of multiple mouzas, the smallest income units, each of which is made up of one or more villages and the surrounding land.

Because of his numerous successes, particularly his track record of victorious military battles that solidified Mughal power in the Indian subcontinent, Akbar was given the title "the Great."

A land revenue system called the "Zabti system" was developed during the Mughal era. The primary components of this system were the prices and cultivated yields of the various crops.

The poet Valmiki wrote The Ramayana in Sanskrit, most likely not before 300 BCE, and it currently comprises of about 24,000 couplets divided into seven volumes.

Bahadur Shah II, often known as Zafar, the final Mughal emperor, passed away in a British jail in Burma in 1862.

The Imperial Chola dynasty, which marked the start of one of the most illustrious empires in Indian history, was founded by Vijayalaya. A struggle between the Pandya and Pallava dynasties provided an opportunity for Vijayalaya, who may have been a feudatory of the Pallava dynasty.

The tomb of Noor-ud-Din Muhammad Jahangir, the fourth Mughal Emperor, is located in the centre of a large garden on the right bank of the River Ravi in Shahdara, a town on the northwest outskirts of Lahore.

The first foreigner to visit India was Megasthenes, an envoy for Seleucus Nikator. Great foreign ambassadors including Al-Masudi, Fa-Hien, Hiuen-Tsang, Marco Polo, and Abdul Razak, among others, have visited India.

By seizing Delhi in 1739, Nadir Shah finished up his conquest of the Mughal empire and transported the peacock throne to Persia together with other valuables. The Persian Naderi Peacock Throne, which is now held at the national treasury of the Central Bank of Iran, reportedly has pieces of the throne that were allegedly taken apart and combined.

Since the first European explorers arrived, the south Indian city of Mahabalipuram has been known as "Seven Pagodas." In India, Europe, and other parts of the world, the term "Seven Pagodas" refers to a myth that has been around for more than a thousand years.

From 1658 to 1707, Aurangzeb ruled India as its monarch. He was the final Mughal monarch of note. Although his policies contributed to its collapse, it was during his reign that the Mughal Empire reached its height.

The true founder of the slave dynasty is Iltutmish, who also established the "Chalisha," "Turk-i-Chahalgani," and "Chahalgani system" as a part of creating an efficient government.

Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq, the founder of the Tughlaq Dynasty, constructed the Tughlaqabad Fort in 1321. The fort was built as the fifth historic city and eventually abandoned in 1327.

Qutb al-Din Mubarak Shah, the last Khalji, was assassinated in 1320 by his chief minister, Khusraw Khan, who was later succeeded by Ghiyas al-Din Tughluq, the founder of the Tughluq dynasty.

Three of these, namely the Red Fort, Qutub Minar, and Humayun's Tomb, are located in the nation's capital city.

The oldest still standing mosque in India is located in Delhi's Qutb Minar enclosure and is known as the Quwwat-ul-Islam or Might of Islam Mosque. Qutb-ud-Din Aibak started it in 1193.

Because the people of the time did not feel comfortable with a queen ruling, Raziyya Sultan was deposed in 1240 CE. They believed that women were inferior to men and hence unfit to hold positions of power. Additionally, the nobles disapproved of her attempts to reign on her own.