Read the extract below and the question that follows
While inscriptions tell us about kings and powerful men, here is an excerpt from thePeriyapuranam, a 12th-century Tamil work, which informs us about the lives of ordinary men and women. On the outskirts of Adanur was a small hamlet of Pulaiyas (a name used for a social group considered "outcastes" by Brahmanas and vellalas), studded with small huts under old thatches and inhabited by agrarian labourers engaged in menial occupations.
 In the thresholds of the huts covered with strips of leather, little chickens moved about in groups dark children who wore bracelets of black iron were prancing about, carrying little puppies ... In the shade of the marudu (Arjuna) trees, a female labourer put her baby to sleep on a sheet of leather; there were mango trees from whose branches drums were hanging; and under the coconut palms, in little hollows on the ground,tiny-headed bitches lay after whelping. The red-crested cocks crowed before down calling the brawny Pulaiyar (plural) to their day's work; and by day, under the shade of the kanji tree spread the voice of the wavy-haired Pulaiya women singing as they were husking paddy...
 Why were the subjects chosen by scholars not equally done with? How can governance be good in targeting the one who is least benefitted?

What is a Prashasti? What was the use of it?

Do you think being born as a Kshatriya was important in order to become a ruler during this period?

The wealth Mahmud carried away was used to create a splendid capital city at ________________.

Kalhana wrote a long poem in Sanskrit containing the history of kings who ruled over ________

Chola Kings gave some rich landowners titles like Muvendavelan (A velan or peasant serving 'three kings).

Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, Afghanistan raided the Somnath temple of Gujarat 

Interpret and compare the two above figures and answer the question Which ruler made it?

Look at Map and suggest reasons why these rulers wanted to control Kanauj and the Ganga valley? 

The temple of Goddess Nishumbhasudini at Thanjavur was built by

Settlements of peasants are known as