Chapter 2– NEW KINGS AND KINGDOM

Answer Key
A) Fill in the blanks:
1) Central Kannauj
2) Dantidurga
3) King Gopala
4) Pratiharas
5) South-east Delhi
B) Choose the correct options.
1) by the local leaders of the region
2) Rashtrakutas
3)Dantidurga
4) Cholas
5) Exchange
C) Answer the following questions very briefly.
Answer-1) Palas, Pratiharas, and Rastrakutas are the three major
Kingdoms that fought over Kannauj.
Answer-2) Devapala was a Pala King who extended his borders by
including Kampura in Assam into Kingdom.
Answer-3) The first Pratihara king was Nagabhata 1.
Answer-4) Yes, Royal officials participate in the village assembly in Chola
villages.
Answer-5) The Chola granted lands to Brahmans and Velallars.
C) Answer the following questions briefly.
Answer-1) Kannauj was strategically linked to trade routes going
eastwards into the Gangetic Plains and towards the south.

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Answer-2) Dharmapala, the successor of King Gopala, made the Pala
Kingdom a force to reckon with in North India. This was because he
conquered Kannauj from Pratiharas and built the famous university of
Vikramashila.
Answer-3) The Rajputs belonged to the 19th and ten centuries. They
considered themselves Rajputra, princes of royal blood, and declared
themselves Kshatriyas.
Answer-4) Villages were grouped under a Nadu. A group of Nadus
formed Valanadus and Mandalay.
Answer-5) The various warring kingdoms allowed Mahmud Ganzi to
plunder different parts of mainland India.
E) Answer the following questions in detail.
Answer-1) The empires of the ancient period ruled irrespective of their
caste status. However, new Kingdoms linked themselves with the
Suryavanshi, Chandravanshi, and Agni Kula.
Answer-2) The three dynasties declined simultaneously because of the
following reason –
a) They had well- an organised army.
b) These constant campaigns meant the maintenance of large armies and
pressured a source of revenues.
c) They were busy over their conflict in Kannauj.
d) So, the feudatories declared themselves independent.
e) The feudatories diminished their revenue sources, leading to the fall of
all three dynasties.
Answer-3) a) Rashtrakutas were the most powerful of the three dynasties.
b) Dantidurga founded the Rastrakutas dynasty in the 8th Century CE.
c) He was feudatory of the Chalukyas.
d) Amoghavarsha and Krishna III gave stability to the Kingdom by
including Kannauj in their dynasty.
e) The east King was Kaka II, whom Tailapa of the later Chalukyan
dynasty overthrew.

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Answer-4) The temples were the main point of trade and administration
because of the following reason:
a) The temples were maintained by the grants made by village
assemblies, merchant guilds and royal grants.
b) They were centres of craft production.
c) The temples were the hub of economic, social and cultural life.
Answer-5) Impacts of Mahmud Ghazni on India were as follows:
a) Punjab became a part of the empire of Ghazni.
b) Weakness of the Rajputs was exposed.
c) He made way for the Muslim's conquest of India.
d) India’s enormous wealth was plundered and taken away to Ghazni.

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