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q Krishnadeva Raya had eight scholars in his royal Prataprudra Deva, the Durgabhakti-tarangini by
court, called Ashtadiggaja (or eight masters). Vidyapati, the Hammir-kavya by Nayachandra
They were : Allasani Peddana, Nandi Thimmana, and the Karma-Mimansa by Parthasarathi. The
Madayyagari Mallana, Dhurjati, Ayyalaraju Rajatarangini was further completed by Jonaraja.
Ramabhadrudu, Pingali Surana, The most famous work on Hindu law was the
Ramarajabhushanudu and Tenali Ramakrishnudu. Mitakshara by Vijnaneswara. It can be said that
The last scholar is popularly known as Tenali the literature of this period lacked in originality.
Raman.
The magnificent buildings, temples, forts and
The Bahmani kingdom and the Vijayanagara mosques were built during this period. The
kingdom fought constantly for two reasons. One, Vithalaswami Temple and Hazara Temple in
they wanted to control the Raichur Doab , which Vijayanagara kingdom, Gol Gumbuz in Bijapur,
was located between the two rivers of Krishna and forts in Jodhpur, Bikaner, Golconda and
Tungbhadra and lay between these two kingdoms. Daulatabad, Jama Masjid in Gulbarga, Tomb of
Two, both of them wanted to control the diamond Ahmed Shah in Bidar, Char Minar in Hyderabad
mines in Golconda, then in the Bahmani are a few of the examples of architecture of this
kingdom. Of course, not to mention is the period.
ambition of the kings to expand their control.

Revenue Administration Quiz Time
The regional kingdoms were not as politically Fill in the blanks :
stable and strong as the Delhi Sultanate. These
1. Earlier Kashmir was under the __________ rule.
kingdoms in the whole of India gradually became
prosperous. Their sources of revenue were land 2. Zain-ul-Abidin, the Sultan of Kashmir got the
and trade. The kingdoms also tried to improve Ramayana, ________ and __________
trade, roads and canals. Overland and overseas translated into __________.
trade flourished. 3. The Kingdom of Vijayanagara was founded by

Art, Literature and Architecture __________ and __________ in 1336 AD.
The regional kingdoms contributed in 4. Telugu poem Amuktamalayda was composed by
development of culture, languages, art and _____________.
architecture. The kingdoms encouraged local 5. Gol Gumbaz is situated in _____________.
languages and literature.

Some of the important books written during the
Sultanate period were the Tarikh-i-Firozshahi by Activity
Zia-ud-din Barani , the Futuh-us-Salatin by Khwaja Learn a tale of Tenali Rama and write in 70 words.
Abu Malik Isami , the Krishna-charita by

v The important regional kingdoms after the Delhi Sultanate became weak were Bengal, Assam and Jaunpur
in eastern India; Gujarat, Malwa, Mewar and Marwar in western India; Kashmir in northern India; and
Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms in southern India.
v Timur’s raid in 1398 AD was responsible for the establishment of several kingdoms.
v The kingdoms often fought with one another, often without a valid reason; and consequently weakened
themselves.
v Trade and agriculture prospered during this period and were the chief sources of revenue.
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