New Kings and Kingdoms

__________ were expected to bring gifts for their kings or overlords, be present at their courts and provide them with military support.

• Samantas

• Maharaja-Adhiraja

• Brahmans

__________ was a famous Rashtrukuta chief who overthrew his Chalukya overlord

• Gurjara-Pratihara-Harichandra

• Dantigura

• Nagabhata

__________ is a ritual performed with the help of Brahmanas that lead to the “rebirth” of the sacrificer as a Kshatriya

• Namkaran

• Garbhadhan

• hiranya-garbha

__________ contains details that may not be literally true, but they tell us how rulers wanted to depict themselves - such as valiant, victorious warriors.

• Prashastis

• Poems

• Manuscripts

Kings often rewarded Brahmans by ___________.

• Grants of land

• Weapons

• Lots of money

Sultan Mahmud was interested in finding out more about the people he conquered, and entrusted a scholar named _________ to write the account of the subcontinent.

• Al-Biruni

• Minaj-I-Siraj

The most famous theft of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was in ___________

• Somnath Temple

• Kashi temple

• Tungnath temple

Chahamanas were later known as the _____________.

• Chauhans

• Rashtrakutas

• Chola

The best known Chahamana ruler was _____________.

• Rajaraja I

• Prithviraja 3

• Prithviraja 1

Settlements of brahmana peasants were known as _________

• Ur

• Nadu

• Vellala