| Reference Book | Ratna Sagar Integrated Social Science |
| Class | Class 7 |
| Category | History |
| Chapter Number | Chapter 4 |
| Chapter Name | The Regional Kingdom – 2 |
A) Tick (✓) the correct answers.
1) Shah Mir started a dynasty in
a) Fourteenth ✓
b) Fifteenth
c) Twelfth
d) Tenth
2) Raja Ahmed was the first independent ruler of
a) Bengal
b) Malwa
c) Khandesh ✓
d) Gulbarga
3) Krishnadeva Raya belonged to this dynasty.
a) Sangama
b) Saluva
c) Sharqi
d) Tuluva ✓
4) This Wazir built magnificent madrasah in Bidar.
a) Mahmud Gawan ✓
b) Bahman Shah
c) Firoz Shah
d) Malik Kafur
5) The Bahmani Kingdom was divided into many provinces called
a) Subas
b) Mandalams
c) Jagiris
d) Tarafs ✓
B) Give short answers for the following questions.
Que 1) Why did the latter half of the reign of the Delhi Sultans witness the rise of regional kingdoms?
Ans During the latter half of the reign of the Delhi Sultans, there were many small kingdoms in different parts of India. Some of them had been provinces of the Sultanate. When the sultans became weak, these provinces became independent. The kingdoms of Vijayanagar and Bahmani emerged as powerful regional kingdoms.
Que 2) Who was the greatest ruler of Mewar? What did he do to make Mewar strong?
Ans The greatest ruler of Mewar was Rana Sanga. He defeated the ruler of Malwa and annexed parts of his territories. In 1527, Babur defeated him in the Battle of Khanua.
Que 3) Who was Malik Sarwar? How did he take advantage of Timur’s invasion?
Ans Malik Sarwar was the governor of Jaunpur during the reign of Firoz Shah Tughluq. Taking advantage of Timur’s invasion in 1398, Malik Sarwar declared his independence and started the Sharqi Dynasty. The most powerful Sharqi ruler was Ibrahim Shah Shargi. In 1484, Bahlul Lodi conquered Jaunpur.
Que 4) Who were Harihara and Bukka?
Ans The Vijayanagar Empire was established by two brothers—Harihara and Bukka Rai—in 1336. They were feudatories of the Kakatiyas of Warangal.
Que 5) Into how many sultanates was the Bahmani Kingdom split up? Why?
Ans Bahmani dynasty rulers were weak and due to that governors of provinces declare their independence and kingdom split up into five parts.
a) Ahmadnagar—ruled by the Nizam Shahis
b) Bijapur—ruled by the Adil Shahis
c) Golconda—ruled by the Qutb Shahis
d) Berar—ruled by the Imad Shahis
e) Bidar—ruled by the Barid Shahis
C) Give long answers for the following questions.
Que 1) Who was called the ‘Akbar of Kashmir’? Why was he called so?
Ans In the fourteenth century, Shah Mir started a Muslim dynasty. Zain-ul-Abidin, also known as ‘Budshah’, was the greatest ruler of Kashmir. He is popularly called the ‘Akbar of Kashmir’. He practised religious tolerance and patronized education and learning. He also encouraged agriculture and new arts and crafts. In the late sixteenth century, the Mughals annexed Kashmir.
Que 2) How did Krishnadeva Raya make his kingdom powerful and prosperous?
Ans The greatest ruler of the Vijayanagar Empire was Krishnadeva Raya. He defeated the Bahmani sultan and the king of Odisha. He also annexed the Raichur Doab, a very fertile area between the Krishna and the Tungabhadra rivers. Under him, the empire covered the whole of South India.The king encouraged trade and commerce. He established trading links with the Portuguese, the English and the Dutch. He also paid great attention to agriculture. He built many tanks, dams and canals for irrigation.
Que 3) How did Firoz Shah Bahmani and Mahmud Gawan make Deccan an important centre of learning?
Ans Firoz Shah was a learned man and was interested in science. He was a good poet and was well-versed in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi. He encouraged learned men to migrate to his court. Under him, Deccan became the cultural centre of India.
Mahmud was a patron of learning. He was well-versed in mathematics and literature. He encouraged the growth of Urdu. Many scholars from Persia came to the Bahmani court. He also built a magnificent madrasah in Bidar. Many students from different parts of India and abroad came to this madrasah to study. The madrasah also had a library which had over three thousand manuscripts
Que 4) Write short notes on—Rajput kingdoms of the period, administrative divisions of the Vijayanagar Empire.
Ans In this period many Rajput rulers were ruling over Rajasthan region. Mewar and Marwar were the two important Rajput Kingdoms.
1) The Rathors ruled over Marwar. Maharaja Jodha founded the city of Jodhpur and built the Mehrangarh Fort there.Maharaja Maldeva was another powerful ruler.
2) Mewar was ruled by the Sisodia Rajputs. Rana Hamir and Rana Kumbha made Mewar very strong.The greatest ruler of Mewar was Rana Sanga. He defeated the ruler of Malwa and annexed parts of his territories.
Administrative divisions of the Vijayanagar Empire
1) The king was the supreme authority. A council of ministers him.
2) The empire was divided into mandalams ( provinces), each mandalams into nadus (Districts), nadus into sthalas (Sub-Districts) and sthalas into gramas(Villages).
HOTS
Que 5) The land has plenty of rice and Indian-corn, grains, beans, and other kind of crops which are not sown in our parts; also an infinity of cotton. Of the grains there is a great quantity, because, besides being used as food for men, it is also used for horses, since there is no other kind of barley; and this country has also much wheat. This country wants water because it is very great and has few streams; they make lakes in which water collects when it rains, and thereby they maintain themselves.’
a. Which sentence/sentences in the above paragraph suggests/suggest that there was agricultural prosperity in the Vijayanagar Empire?
b. How did the peasants irrigate their fields?
Ans 5) a) The land has plenty of rice and Indian-corn, grains, beans, and other kind of crops which are not sown in our parts; also an infinity of cotton. Of the grains there is a great quantity, because, besides being used as food for men, it is also used for horses, since there is no other kind of barley; and this country has also much wheat.
b) Peasants make lakes and filled them up with rain water and irrigate their fields with that water as the country is very large and has less water and less stream.
Que 6) The Bahmani administration comprised officials like wazir, amir-i-jumla, wazir-i-ashraf and sadar-i-jahan. Which of the above-mentioned title (in terms of job description) does not exist in our present-day government? Who heads which department in our present-day government?
Ans sadar-i-jahan does not exist in our present day government.
Mr Narendra Modi is our Prime Minister and head of the government and so is our wazir.
Nirmala Sitaraman is our Finance minister so is our amir-i-jumla.
Mr S.Jaishankar is our Foreign Affair Minister so is our wazir-i-ashraf.
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