KAS - Paper I Questions

Matriarchy is a social system in which women hold the primary power positions in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property.

The Pandyas are first mentioned by Megasthenes, wherein he refers to a Pandya kingdom celebrated for pearls and ruled by a woman, suggesting that the Pandya society was matriarchal.

The earliest (indisputably dated) and best-known Brahmi inscriptions are the rock-cut edicts of Ashoka in north-central India, dating to 250–232 BCE.

Ramananda was the first to employ the vernacular medium to spread his ideas.

Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya is popularly known as Hazrat Nizamuddin.
Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya and Gaiyasuddin Tughlaq did not have a good relationship with each other.

Shaikh Salim Chishti was given the title of Shaikh-ul-hind

Tipu Sultan gave his support to French soldiers at Srirangapatna in setting Jacobin club in 1797. Tipu himself called Citizen Tipu and he planted the Tree of Liberty at srirangapatana.

Akbar introduced the idea of “Sulh-i-Kul”, which meant universal peace. Akbar was immensely interested in religion and philosophy. H
e not only listened to the arguments of the Sufi and Shia divines but also to the scholars of other religions as well.

Mahmud Gawan was born in the year 1411 his full name was – Khwaja Mahmud GIlani he was from the village of Gawan in Persia and was well versed in Islamic theology, Persian language and Mathematics. He was also a reputed poet and prose writer.

He was the prime minister in the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan. The Bahamani Sultanate is also known as the Bahmanid Empire or Bahmani Kingdom, and was the first independent Muslim empire of the Deccan in South India.

The empire was established by Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah after revolting against the Delhi Sultanate of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.

While earlier Mughal buildings were primarily constructed of red sandstone, Shah Jahan promoted the use of white marble inlaid with semi-preciou stones and buildings under his patronage reached new levels of refinement.

Written in the last years of Sir Surendranath Banerjea's life, A Nation in Making is not only the autobiography of a pioneering leader in Indian politics but also a commentary on public life.

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