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NCERT notes for class 7 chapter 2

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  1. Emergence of new dynasties Samantas and mandaleshwaras gained more importance and declared themselves as maha- samantas and maha-mandaleshwaras. Many influence people overthrew his overlord and came to power. One such incident took place with subordinate of Chalukyas of Karnataka. Dantidurga, the chief of Rashtrakuta overthrew chalukyas overlord and performed a ritual called hiranya-garbha (which means to rebirth as Kshatriya) Mayurasharman (Kadamba dynasty) and Harichandra (gurjara-pratihara) were Brahmins who gave up their traditional life and took to arms. By using their military skills they established their kingdoms in Karnataka and Rajasthan respectively. Administration in the kingdoms Many kings adopted high-sounding titles- maharaja-adhiraja. (Great king and overlord of king) Tribhuvana-chakravatin (Lord of three worlds) In spite of such titles, they also shared powers with Samantas, mandaleshwaras, association of peasants, traders and Brahmanas. The resources were procured from peasants, artisans and cattle-keepers. There were either persuaded or compiled to surrender their part of produce. There was also rent collected by the lords who asserted that he owned the land. Traders also collected the revenue. Cholas who ruled in present day Tamil nadu imposed 400 types of taxes!!!!!!! Vitti- forced labour Kadamani- land revenue Thatching the house, acquiring the legacy, climbing the palm tree etc. These collected taxes were used for the purpose of administering the king's establishments, building new temples, wars by which they acquired new land by plunder and access the land for trade route as well. Prashastis and land grants: The prashastis were composed by Brahmanas who occasionally helped in administration. Kings rewarded Brahmanas with land which were recorded in copper plates, an authentic document. Kalhana, A poet of Kashmir wrote a histories of kings in his long poem. Warfare for wealth City of kanauj was fought by three parties (Rashtrakuta, gurjara-pratihara, Pala dynasty). This conflict was described as tripartite struggle ' Temples built also shows richness of the kings. When the kings attach each other their target was temples.
  2. An Arabic work Kitab al-Hind was written by trusted scholar al_Biruni. The author wrote a brief account of subcontinent. This remains an important source for the historians. Al-burni was the scholar for the king Sultan Mahmud, ghazni, Afghanistan. Chahamanas later called chauhans- ruled Delhi and Ajmer Chalukyas of Gujarat Gahadavalas- Western parts of Uttar Pradesh Prithviraja Ill (1168-1192) of Chahamanas defeated Muhammad Ghori in 1191. But he lost to him in the very next year. (1192) Cholas- rising the power o Vijayalaya (from Uraiyur) captured Kaveri delta from muttaraiyar family (subordinate to Pallavas). He built the town of Thanjavur and temple of goddess Nishumbhasudini. Splendid temples • Big temples of Thanjavur and gangaikondacholapuram (Rajaraja and Rajendra, son of Rajaraja) • Apart from worship, temples were also place for economic activities, social and cultural life. Agriculture Kaveri River branches into several channels before emptying into ocean. The fertile soil is deposited on the banks of the river which suited for the growth of rice. Around 5th and 6th century the agriculture was practised in wide area. Huge forests were cut down, few areas were levelled and embanked. Well were the source of water for irrigation. In some places huge tank were built. Administration of the empire: Settlements of peasants was known as UR Group of such villages formed larger unit called nadu. Rich peasants of vellala caste exercised considerable control over the affairs of nadu under the supervision of Cholas. These peasants were also given titles like muvendavelan (a valen or peasant serving three kings), araiyar(chief) Brahmanas received Brahmadeya (land grants). Nagarams(association of traders) were also looking after administration

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