The Cholas

Identify the group of Landlords who were treated as the subordinates of the Kings and expected to bring gifts in the form of taxes or provide certain services, from the following.

• Overlords

• Samantas

• Rashtrakutas

• Brahmadeya

The ruler Vijayalaya, captured the delta from -

• The pandyans

• Chauhans

• Muttaraiyar

• None of the above

Who built the town of Tanjavur?

• Vijayalaya

• Muttaraiyar

• Rajaraja

• Rajendra

Who was considered to be the most powerful Chola Ruler?

• Vijayalaya

• Rajaraja I

• Rajendra I

• Prithvi Raj Chauhan

The ritual performed by Brahmanas to take rebirth as Kshatriya was known as -

• Maha Samanta

• Kadamai

• Devadana

• Hiranya Garbha

What was the Brahmanas rewarded with, when they drafted Prashastis for the Kings?

• Gold and diamonds

• Services

• Land Grants

• None of the above

The Land grants were recorded on -

• Iron Plates

• Golden Plates

• Silver Plates

• Copper Plates

Identify the writer who was being critical about the rulers and their policies, unlike the Prashasti writers, through his sanskrit poem.

• Kalhana

• Al Biruni

• Somnath

• Tang

Amongst the craft associated with temples which type of images were highly distinctive during the Cholas?

• Golden Images

• Bronze Images

• Silver Images

• Stone Images

Settlements of peasants were known as -

• Nadu

• Government

• Ur

• Sabha