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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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