chapter 6

The town of Fatehpur Sikri was founded by Akbar in the honour of which sufi saint ?

• Sheikh Salim Chishti

• Shaikh Salim Hussain
• Shaikh Salim Khan

• Sheikh Salim

Masulipatnam is also known as

(a)  

produce a variety of goods like furniture, jewellery and perfume

(a)  

The Vijayanagar empire was founded by .

• Harihara and Bukka

• Ashoka and Chandragupta Maurya
• Shivaji and Aurangzeb
• Krishnadevaraya and Achyuta Deva Raya

capital of Vijayanagar

(a)  

The chronicle of which Portuguese traveller gives us the most vivid description about Vijayanagar ?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Domingo Paes

• Vasco da Gama

Surat was attacked by Marathas in

(a)  

Surat was a gateway for pilgrims who wished to travel to .

• Rome
• Jerusalem
• Mecca
• Medina

What were the nomadic communities called?

(a)  

What two towns were located along the trade routes on Ganga and Yamuna respectively ?

• Delhi and Agra
• Benares and Mathura
• Jaipur and Jaisalmer

• Kolkata and Dhaka