The royal secretariat was known as ____________________.

The prime minister was called ____________________.

Saivitesaint __________________ converted Arikesari from Jainism to Saivism.

_____________ the author of epic Manimekalai, hailed from Madurai.

________________ runs in the east-west direction.

Rajaraja I integrated these territories and appointed _____________.

Chola rulers appointed _______________ as spiritual preceptors or rajagurus.

___________ is the most celebrated of the Chola kings.

The Chola kingdom, Pandyas, who began their rule in _____________ basin at Madurai.

The ____________ villages were donated to a single Brahman or a group of Brahmans.

The most popular Chalukya painting is in the palace built by ____________

The village accountant was ___________

The ______ was the royal insignia of the Chalukyas.

In the mid-eighth century, the Badami Chalukyas were overpowered and replaced by ____________.

The __________ written by Mahendravarman I in Sanskrit, is an important source for the Pallava period.

The ___________ which impacted the entire sub-continent, originated in the Tamil country during this period.

Muhammad Tughlaq's attempt to shift the capital from Delhi to ____________________.

Corrupt ________________ were dealt with sternly.

The first target in the peninsula was ____________ in the western Deccan.

The term _______________ refers to all Mongolic-speaking nomadic tribes of Central Asia.

________ mentions Balban's campaigns in the regions surrounding Delhi and in the doab.

The __________ is also known as the Mamluk dynasty.

In 1186 Ghuri prince ____________ invaded Punjab and seized Lahore.

Who captured brahamanabad?

____________ chronicles speak about the Delhi Sultanate in hyperbolic terms.

Many texts on ___________ were compiled by Chakrapani Datta, Sureshwar Gadadhara Vaidya and Jimutavahana

The Palas also patronised ___________ scholars.

____________ were great patrons of Mahayana Buddhism.

__________ proved to be a great patron of Buddhism.

____________ were appointed to dispense justice.

In commemoration of his victory over Harsha, Pulikesin assumed the title of ______________

_____________ fought against the Gurjaras and the Huns and established his authority as far as Malwaand Gujarat.

__________ was the first formal biography of a king.

Samudragupta himself had established his fame as _______________

Dharmasastras and ____________ form the core of this body of literature.

The art of Ajanta and Bagh shows the ___________ of painting at its best.

___________ defeated northern rulers like the Huns, Kambojas and Kiratas.

The first ruler of the Gupta Empire was _________.

_____________ issued by Gupta kings contain legends and figures.

The best known of the Kushana kings was ___________

____________ appointed kshatrapas or satraps as provincial governors to administer their territories.

The first Saka ruler in India was ____________ (20 BCE to 22 CE).

_____________ is known to us primarily because his emissary, Heliodorus.

__________ evidence also proves Demetrius's association with India.

They ceded land to ___________ the Sunga emperor who had usurped the throne after the last Mauryan ruler.

_____________ near Salem had mines producing beryl, which was a gemstone in high demand in Rome.

Warfare for territorial expansion was major theme of ____________.

The idea of ___________ interregnum is contested as cultural activities continued asbefore in this period.

_________ in the Indian Ocean regions and with the Roman world developed.

Buddhism and Jainism had a strong presence in _________

___________ speaks about day markets as well as and night markets.

______________ played an important role betweenthe late first century BCE and third century CE.

____________ ruled from Madurai.

The ___________ speaks of eight Chera kings, their territory and fame.

Urban administration was handled by a ____________

The district was under the command of a ______________

Mahinda and Sanghamitta took a branch of the original _________ tree to Sri Lanka.

Ashoka died in _________

_____________ was then annexed to Magadha.

Jain texts as well as in some Hindu works like the ________

These landowners employed labourers called ___________

____________ also played a big role in improving craft production such as pottery, carpentry and metal working.

____________ was also the sovereign ruler.

The term Jana means _________.

Andrew Jagor conducted an excavation at ________________

The is ________ the earliest text.

_______ is the oldest vedha.

The language of the _________ is described as Vedic Sanskrit.

____________ study ancient agriculture, and human and environmental relationships.

___________ used microliths bone and antler tools and terracotta objects.

____________ did not have evidence of ceramics.

__________ refers to the genus of animals including horses, asses and zebras.

The period that followed the Mesolithic is called the _____________

The period after the Old Stone Age (Palaeolithic) is called the______________

Human ancestors are__________ likely to have first evolved in Africa.

__________ is another important source of history.

__________known as Frederick the Great of Prussia

_________was sent as an Ambassador of the English King James I.

The Danish Fort built in.________

A________a royal command or authorization.

_______in the then context referred to a warehouse

_________was a small fishing village in 1673.

The_________is they were involved in slave trade

________was the second most important economic activity in the country.

Dutch had given_________ up and moved their headquarters south to Nagapattinam

__________the capital of the Madras Presidency

________had also tried to extend his empire in the east beyond Bihar by conquering Bengal

______discovered the direct sea route to India from Europe around the Cape of Good Hope.

The_____ were the first Europeans to establish themselves in India.

The __________was won by the English East India Company against the Nawab of Bengal.

_________of the 16th native infantry was passing outside the Fort when he heard the firing.

Captain ______the resident ofThanjaur collected a force and defeated Shevatha Thambi near Mangudi.

_________Raja of Pudukottai, captured Kattabomman from the jungles of Kalapore and handed him over to the enemy

_______wanted to send an expedition to punish Veera Pandiyan but the Madras administration did not agree.

______along with Colonel Heron proceeded towards Tirunelveli

The able guidance of prime minister ______all the little kingdoms of the former Pandian Empire were classified and converted into 72 palayams.

The____ who had borrowed heavily by pledging the villages in several of Tamilnadu.

______sent an embassy to Constantinople and another in 1787 to Paris

______in the meantime overran the kingdom of Thanjavur.

The French Monarch__________was hospitable, but could give only vague promises of support to the Sultan.

The________ supplied resources and even troops for the British.

_________his general Fazalullah Khan marched on Madurai and Tirunelver

__________received the title of "Fateh Haider Bahadur" or "the brave and victorious Lion".

Haider's father_________ was the Faujdar (garrison commander) of Kolar.

__________was a small feudatory kingdom under the Vijayanagar Empire

The ______________ means non-intervention of government.

The bones of cotton weavers are beaching the Gangetic plains of India said the ____________

____________ was the mainstay of the British Indian government's fiscal system.

The cause of education was further promoted by missionaries like _____________

Every district was divided into ____________ is police circles.

The British called ___________ the place where the office of Chief Administrative Head was situated.

Payment was made in ____________

_____________ meaning a peasant or cultivator the proprietor and tax payer of the land.

The individual holders were registered and issued _____________

_____________ was introduced in 1833 during the period of William Bentinck.

The ____________ separated the civil and military establishments in India.

_____________ was appointed the Governor General of Bengal.

The ____________ was restored to Shuja-ud-daula on the payment of war indemnity.

The ______________ was to exercise military power and to dispense criminal justice.

The _______________ included the collection of revenue and the control of civil justice.

______was a man of versatile genius

The_______came in for particular condemnation

_______believers in the doctrine of greatest happiness of the greatest number.

_________as the basis for ethical thinking, the idea of human progress and evolution.

__________was the first province to be affected by the British influence

In ___________ social structure the nobles came mostly from Central Asia.

______was succeeded by his son Salim with the title Nur-ud-din Jahangir.

______________inrtroduced the Mansabdari system

_______took earnest efforts to win the goodwill of the Hindus.

The Gondwana region of central India was annexed after a fierce battle with ___________.

Delhi was ruled by________of the Sur Dynasty.

Who invaded Bhera, Sialkot and Lahore?

______had an eye on the Punjab.

The Ottomans Turkish people practicing___________.

The _______ the members of the dynasty that ruled Iran patronising Shia Islam

___________literally meant divine monotheism.

____________rank was divided into Zat and Sawar.

____________built his own mausoleum in Sasaram.

Akbar was crowned at the age of fourteen.

___________crossed the Indus to India and established a small kingdom.

The mughal empire declined after the death of _______in 1707.

________was the founder of the Mughal empire which was established in 1526.

The Saraswati Mahal library, built by the _______

In towns and cities the chief officer was the ________ 

The ______ was the chief village officer

The clerks and menials were paid for ________ months in a year.

In 1771, ______ brought him back to Delhi.

_______ made himself familiar with the hilly areas around Poona.

______ was born in Shivner near Junnar.

The region of the Marathas consisted of a narrow strip of land called _______

_________ is a Persian word which means "Foremost" or the "First Minister".

____________believed in a formless God.

_____________was the last guru.

__________devotional songs were included in the Sikh Scriptures

__________could act as guides and preceptors.

Ramanujar expounded the philosophy known as________.

Appar, a Jaina in his early life, called__________.

__________devotional songs were included in the Sikh Scriptures.

_________emphasis on absolute monism or the oneness of the 'supreme' and the, 'souls'.

__________was transformed by the conflict with Buddhism and Jainism.

Maravarman Arikesari (640- 670), also known as______ who converted from Saivism to Jainism

The hymns of the Vaishnava saint ___________are compiled as Nalayira Divya Prabandham.

Bhagavad Gita talk about the path of_________.

Mother goddess worship had its origins in__________.

The________of the Kakatiya dynasty with Warangal as capital

____________is a semi-precious stone sky blue in colour.

_______built two mosques at Gulbarga.

__________evidence is also available in abundance.

The Vijayanagar kingdom was inaugurated by the___________.

__________who declared independence in 1345 at Devagiri

The split of Bahmani Sultanate into_________ Deccan Sultanates.

The fertile ________ Iying between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers

__________became an independent Sultanate in 1333.

Gawan served with great distinction as prime minister under___________.

_____________was renamed as Daulatabad.