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Al-Idrisi
Arab geographer
____ became cheaper and widely available.
paper
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CONTEXTS
Patron
An influential, wealthy individual
who supports another person –
an artiste, a craftsperson, a
learned man, or a noble.
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INNOVATIONS
Cartographer
A person who makes maps.
Medieval foreigner
any stranger who appeared say in a given village, someone who was not a part of that society or culture.
State the qualities attributed to Rajputs.
A chivalric code of conduct – extreme valour and a great sense of loyalty
Bhakti
idea of bhakti – of a loving, personal deity that devotees could reach without the aid of priests or elaborate rituals.
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MEDIEVAL
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SUBCONTINENT
Who collected manuscripts?
wealthy people, rulers, monasteries and temples
Who fled before Balban’s army?
People of different regions – Gauda, Andhra, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat – apparently fled before his armies.
British historians divided the history of India into three periods: _____, ____ and ______.
Hindu, Muslim, British
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KSHATRIYA
Atlas Nouveau
early-eighteenthcentury
Atlas Nouveau
of Guillaume de l’Isle.
Ziyauddin Barani
The fourteenth-century chronicler Ziyauddin Barani wrote his chronicle first in 1356 and another version two years later.
What did poet Amir Khusrau note?
Different language for each region. Sanskrit spoken by Brahmans
Which dynasties built an empire that was pan-regional?
Cholas, Khaljis, Tughluqs and Mughals
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PRASHASTI
Meaning of Hindustan as per Minhaj-i-Siraj
a chronicler who wrote in Persian, he meant the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands between the Ganga and Yamuna. He used the term in a political sense for lands that were a part of the dominions of the Delhi Sultan. The areas included in this term shifted with the extent of the Sultanate but the term never included south India.
Name the new foods and beverages and technologies
Persian wheel in irrigation, the spinning wheel in weaving, and firearms in combat. New foods and beverages – potatoes, corn, chillies, tea and coffee.
Difference between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
There were the Shia Muslims who believed that the Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali, was the legitimate leader of the Muslim community, and the Sunni Muslims who accepted the authority of the early leaders (Khalifas) of the community
State the Muslim schools of law. Who are Ulemas?
Hanafi and Shafi’i
theologians and jurists
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IRRIGATION