[Mission 2023] STATIC QUIZ, 29 December 2022 – Ancient and Medieval

Solution: b)

Puhar was once a flourishing ancient port city known as Kaveri Poompattinam, which for a while served as the capital of the Early Chola kings in Tamilakam. Puhar is located near the mouth of the Kaveri river, on the sea coast.

The premier Chola port was Puhar (also known as Kaveripumpattinam), the major Pandya port was Korkai, while Tondi and Muchiri were the important ports in the Chera kingdom.

Solution: b)

Chola inscriptions mention several categories of land:

• Vellanvagai land of non-Brahmana peasant proprietors
• Brahmadeya land gifted to Brahmanas
• Shalabhoga land for the maintenance of a school
• Devadana, tirunamattukkani land gifted to temples
• Pallichchhandam land donated to Jaina institutions

Solution: b)

Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs, who were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans (also referred to as Chahamanas) of Ajmer.

It was under the Tomaras and Chauhans that Delhi became an important commercial centre.

The transformation of Delhi into a capital that controlled vast areas of the subcontinent started with the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate in the beginning of the thirteenth century.

Solution: a)

Marathas

• The revenue system of Shivaji was based on that of Malik Amber of
• Lands were measured by using the measuring rod called
• Shivaji reduced the powers of the existing deshmuks and

Chauth and sardeshmukhi were the taxes collected not in the Maratha kingdom but in the neighbouring territories of the Mughal empire or Deccan sultanates.

Solution: d)

Socio-Cultural life in Vijayanagara Kingdom.

Caste affiliation was closely tied to craft production and members of a common craft formed collective memberships. Often members of related crafts formed inter-caste communities. This helped them consolidate the strength and gain political representation and trade benefits. According to Talbot, terminology such as Setti was used to identify communities across merchant and artisan classes while Boya identified herders of all types.

According to Chopra et al., in addition to their monopoly over priestly duties, Brahmins occupied high positions in political and administrative fields. The Portuguese traveler Domingo Paes observed an increasing presence of Brahmins in the military.

Physical exercises were popular with men and wrestling was an important male preoccupation for sport and entertainment, and women wrestlers are also mentioned in records. Gymnasiums have been discovered inside royal quarters and records mention regular physical training for commanders and their armies during peacetime.