Class 7 Social Science - Our Past-2 (History) - Chapter Rulers and Buildings NCERT Solutions | What is a shikhara?

What role did the Yamuna play in the layout of the new Mughal city at Shahjahanabad?

An inscription in Shah Jahan’s diwan-i khas in Delhi stated: “If there is Paradise on Earth, it is here, it is here, it is here.” How was this image created?

The rich and powerful construct large houses today. In what ways were the constructions of kings and their courtiers different in the past?

How is the “trabeate” principle of architecture different from the “arcuate”?

What is pietra-dura?

What are the elements of a Mughal chahar bagh garden?

How did a temple communicate the importance of a king?

How did the Mughal court suggest that everyone – the rich and the poor, the powerful and the weak – received justice equally from the emperor?

Look at Figure 4. How could that building be constructed faster today?

Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?

Match the following:

Gurjara-Pratiharas                   Western Deccan
Rashtrakutas                               Bengal
Palas                                 Gujarat and Rajasthan
Cholas                                      Tamil Nadu

Which ruler first established his or her capital at Delhi?

Match the following:

mansab                               Marwar
Mongol                                governor
Sisodiya Rajput                   Uzbeg
Rathor Rajput                     Mewar
Nur Jahan                           rank
subadar                             Jahangir

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The Rajarajeshvara temple was built in ———.
(b) Ajmer is associated with the Sufi saint ————.
(c) Hampi was the capital of the ———— Empire.
(d) The Dutch established a settlement at ———— in Andhra Pradesh.

Match the following:

garh                                             khel
tanda                                           chaurasi
labourer                                       caravan
clan Garha                                   Katanga
Sib Singh                                     Ahom state
Durgawati                                    paik

The Buddha                               namghar
Shankaradeva                          worship of Vishnu
Nizamuddin Auliya                    questioned social differences
Nayanars                                  Sufi saint
Alvars                                       worship of Shiva

Anantavarman                            Kerala
Jagannatha                                Bengal
Mahodayapuram                       Orissa
Lilatilakam                                 Kangra
Mangalakavya                          Puri
Miniature                                  Kerala 

Match the following:

subadar                                                 a revenue farmer
faujdar                                                   a high noble
ijaradar                                                  provincial governor
misl                                                       Maratha peasant warriors
chauth                                                   a Mughal military commander
kunbis                                                    a band of Sikh warriors
umara                                                   tax levied by the Marathas

State whether true or false:

(a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.
(b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.
(c) Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.
(d) Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.

Why do you think towns grew around temples?

What are the important architectural features of the temples of Bengal ?

What was the impact of the Mongol invasions on the Delhi Sultanate?

What were the offices held by Sa‘adat Khan?

Why do we know much more about the cultural practices of rulers than about those of ordinary people?

What does the term pan-regional empire mean?

Why were the Delhi Sultans interested in cutting down forests? Does deforestation occur for the same reasons today?

What is Manipravalam? Name a book written in that language.

State whether true or false:
(a) We know the name of the architect of the Rajarajeshvara temple from an inscription.
(b) Merchants preferred to travel individually rather than in caravans.

(c) Kabul was a major centre for trade in elephants.
(d) Surat was an important trading port on the Bay of Bengal.

Raziyya Sultan was unique in the history of the Delhi Sultanate. Do you think women leaders are accepted more readily today?