Tracing Changes through a thousand years

Tracing Changes through a thousand years

Why do you think that there were many literary sources of the medieval period?

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

The study of the thousand years between 700 and 1750 is a huge challenge to historians largely because of the scale and variety of developments that occurred over the period. At different moments in this period, new technologies made their appearances – like the Persian wheel in irrigation, the spinning wheel in weaving, and firearms in combat. New foods and beverages arrived in the subcontinent – potatoes, corn, chillies, tea and coffee. Remember that all these innovations – new technologies and crops – came along with people, who brought other ideas with them as well. As a result, this was a period of economic, political, social and cultural changes.

Open Ended

What are the new technologies developed during this period?

Multiple Choice

The period between 700 AD and 1750 AD is a _________

• Ancient

• Medieval

• Modern

• All the above

Multiple Choice

Assertion (A): The Medieval period has various changes in economic, political, social and culture.

Reason (R) : All these changes occurred because of the Patrons.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is correct and R is incorrect.

• A is wrong but R is correct

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

People’s belief in the divine was sometimes deeply personal, but more usually it was collective. Collective belief in a supernatural agency – religion – was often closely connected with the social and economic organisation of local communities. As the social worlds of these groups altered so too did their beliefs. It was during this period that important changes occurred in what we call Hinduism today. These included the worship of new deities, the construction of temples by royalty and the growing importance of Brahmanas, the priests, as dominant groups in society. Their knowledge of Sanskrit texts earned the Brahmanas a lot of respect in society. Their dominant position was consolidated by the support of their patrons – new rulers searching for prestige.

One of the major developments of this period was the emergence of the idea of bhakti – of a loving, personal deity that devotees could reach without the aid of priests or elaborate rituals. This was also the period when new religions appeared in the subcontinent. Merchants and migrants first brought the teachings of the holy Quran to India in the seventh century. Muslims regard the Quran as their holy book and accept the sovereignty of the one God, Allah, whose love, mercy and bounty embrace all those who believe in Him, without regard to social background

Multiple Choice

Identify the important changes that occurred in Hinduism?

• Worship of new deities

• construction of temples by royalty

• Growing importance of Brahmanas

• All the above

Multiple Choice

Who brought the teachings of the Holy Quran to India?

• Merchants

• Migrants

• Both (a) and (b)

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Assertion (A): The idea of Bhakti was emerged during the medieval period.

Reason (R) : The Collective belief in a supernatural agency is called religion.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is correct and R is incorrect.

• A is wrong but R is correct

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

In 1318 the poet Amir Khusrau noted that there was “a different language in every region of this land: Sindhi, Lahori, Kashmiri, Dvarsamudri (in southern Karnataka), Telangani (in Andhra Pradesh), Gujari (in Gujarat), Ma‘bari (in Tamil Nadu), Gauri, (in Bengal) … Awadhi (in eastern Uttar Pradesh) and Hindawi (in the area around Delhi)”.

Amir Khusrau went on to explain that in contrast to these languages there was Sanskrit which did not belong to any region. It was an old language and “common people do not know it, only the Brahmanas do”.

Multiple Choice

Ma'Bari is a language spoken in

• Tamilnadu

• Andhra pradesh

• Gujarath

• Karnataka

Multiple Choice

Gajari was spoken in which state?

• Karnataka

• Gujarat

• Tamilnadu

• Kerala

Multiple Choice

Who was Amir Khusrau?

• 14th century Poet

• 15th century Poet

• 13th century Poet

• 16th century Poet

Open Ended

What were his views regarding Sanskrit?