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Art, literature and architecture

Works and their authors

Who wrote the Kitab-ul-HindAl-Biruni
Who wrote the Ain-i AkbariAbu'l Fazl
Who wrote the PadmavatMalik Muhammad Jayasi
Who wrote the Prayaga PrashastiHarishena
Who wrote the RihlaIbn Battuta
Who wrote the BijakKabir (verses compiled by the Kabirpanth)
Who wrote the Nalayira DivyaprabandhamThe Alvars

Monuments and dynasties

Taxila — which dynasty or kingdomGandhara
Pataliputra — which dynasty or kingdomMagadha
Sanchi Stupa — which dynasty or kingdomMauryan Empire
Sarnath — which dynasty or kingdomMauryan Empire
Amaravati Stupa — which dynasty or kingdomSatavahana Empire
Ajanta Caves — which dynasty or kingdomVakataka Dynasty
Nalanda — which dynasty or kingdomGupta Empire
Badami Cave Temples — which dynasty or kingdomChalukyas of Badami
Pattadakal — which dynasty or kingdomChalukyas of Badami
Mahabalipuram — which dynasty or kingdomPallava Dynasty
Ellora Caves — which dynasty or kingdomRashtrakuta Empire
Brihadisvara Temple — which dynasty or kingdomChola Empire
Khajuraho — which dynasty or kingdomChandela Dynasty
Konark Sun Temple — which dynasty or kingdomEastern Ganga Dynasty
Qutb Minar — which dynasty or kingdomMamluk (Slave) Dynasty
Hampi — which dynasty or kingdomVijayanagara Empire
Gol Gumbaz — which dynasty or kingdomBijapur Sultanate (Adil Shahi)
Golconda Fort — which dynasty or kingdomGolconda Sultanate (Qutb Shahi)
Fatehpur Sikri — which dynasty or kingdomMughal Empire
Taj Mahal — which dynasty or kingdomMughal Empire
Red Fort, Delhi — which dynasty or kingdomMughal Empire
Raigad Fort — which dynasty or kingdomMaratha Empire
Rang Ghar, Sivasagar — which dynasty or kingdomAhom Kingdom
Fort William, Calcutta — which dynasty or kingdomBritish East India Company
Takht-i-Bahi — which dynasty or kingdomIndo-Parthian Kingdom
Somapura Mahavihara, Paharpur — which dynasty or kingdomPala Empire
Sixty Dome Mosque, Bagerhat — which dynasty or kingdomBengal Sultanate
Makli Necropolis — which dynasty or kingdomSamma Dynasty
Rohtas Fort — which dynasty or kingdomSur Empire
Lahore Fort — which dynasty or kingdomMughal Empire

Key terms

Chaitya
A hall for worship; rock-cut chaitya halls with an apsidal, vaulted roof are found at Ajanta, Pitalkhora and Bhaja. (NCERT Class 11, An Introduction to Indian Art, Ch. 4)
Epigraphy
The study of inscriptions. (NCERT Class 12, Kings, Farmers and Towns)
Lost-wax casting (cire-perdu)
A way of casting metal images, known since the Indus Valley — the ‘Dancing Girl’ of Mohenjodaro was made this way. (NCERT Class 11, An Introduction to Indian Art, Ch. 7)
Nagara, Dravida and Vesara
The two broad orders of Hindu temples — Nagara in the north, Dravida in the south — and Vesara, a style mixing the two. (NCERT Class 11, An Introduction to Indian Art, Ch. 6)
Numismatics
The study of coins — their scripts and images, the metal they are made of, and where they are found. (NCERT Class 12, Kings, Farmers and Towns)
Pietra dura
Inlay of coloured stones used to decorate the walls of Indo-Islamic buildings, along with mosaic, calligraphy and jalis. (NCERT Class 11, An Introduction to Indian Art, Ch. 8)

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