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This cheat sheet will help in understanding the invasion faced in the medieval period of India and the changes faced in the economy, society, and religion.
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Emergence of new kingdoms
Many invaders from beyomd the frontiers of India had invaded the subcontinent , because of its wealth. Among the invaders were Mahmmud of Ghazni and Mohammed Ghori. Prithviraj Chauhan , of the Chahamana dynasty was rulimg the Delhi and Ajmer areas at that time . He defeated Mahmmud of Ghazni in a fierce battle. Later , he was defeated by Mahmmud of Ghazni and his slaves laid the foundation of the Delhi sultanate. Eventually the Delhi sultanate was replaced by the Mughals. |
Not only beyond the frontiers of India , but also kingdoms emerged from within the frontiers of India ; Prathihara, Rastrakutas , Palas, Cholas etc . |
They were frequently in conflicts with one another for increasing their area of influence. One well known struggle was the Tripartite Struggle between the Palas , Prathiharas and Rashtrakutas for the fertile land of Kanauj. |
The Cholas emerged as powerful in the South .They established trading contacts with countries in Southeast Asia and China |
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Economic changes
Extension of agriculture was marked by the gradual clearing of forests, this led to migration of forest dwellers to other areas. Regional markets , chieftains ,rulers and religon influenced the peasants . They became part of complex societies and were required to pay taxes. The peasants gave goods and did services to the local lords. Some peasants were rich , some were poor some other were artisians and farmers as well |
As people from other places came to India they bought things such as spices , tea , coffee , potatoes and etc |
Religonal changes
The period witnessed develpoments in religious traditions and important changes took place in Hinduism. A major development that took place was the emergence of the idea of bhakti and the Bhakti movement. This was also the period when a new religon called islam appeared in India . APart from Islam . anlother traditon that came from west Asia was the Sufi tradition . The Bhakti and Sufi saints took up the cause of the socio-reforms and preached gospel of equality to all man kind . |
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