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Foreign Invasions on India Class 10 History Chapter 6 Question Answer
Answer the following Questions :
Question 1. When did the Arabs first invade India?
Answer – 636 AD.
Question 2. What was the name of the Hindu king of Sindh region of undivided India in 712 AD?
Answer – King Dahir.
Question 3. How many years did it take the Arabs to conquer Sindh?
Answer – 75 years.
Question 4. How many times India was attacked by Mahmud Ghaznavi?
Answer – 17 times.
Question 5. In which state is the world famous Somnath temple located?
Answer – Gujarat.
Question 6. In 1191 AD, there was a war between whom in the field of Tarain?
Answer – Between Mahmud Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan III.
Question 7. Who led the most powerful Mongols?
Answer – Genghis Khan
Question 8. When did the first battle of Panipat take place?
Answer –1526 AD.
Question 9. What was the name of the invader who plundered the Kohinoor diamond from India?
Answer – Nadirshah
Question 10. When did the third battle of Panipat take place?
Answer: January 14, 1761
Let’s learn :-
Question 1. What were the main routes of entry into India from the west? What do you understand by a pass?
Answer – There were three main routes to enter India from the west. The first was to reach the west coast by sea. The second was the major ridges located on the north-western border of undivided India in the north-west of Khyber, Gomal and Bolan. The third was the flat part of the Makran desert.
Pass: The natural routes for movement in mountainous areas are called passes.
Question 2. What were the motives behind Mahmud Ghaznavi’s attacks on India?
Answer – There were three main objectives behind Mahmud Ghaznavi’s invasion of India –
- spread Islam
- plunder India’s wealth
- He wanted to become famous in the Muslim world by spreading Islam in India.
Question 3. When and between whom did the battles of Tarain take place?
Answer – Two battles of Tarain were fought, which are as follows-
- First Battle of Tarain (1191 AD) – In 1191 AD, Prithviraj Chauhan, showing bravery, defeated Muhammad Ghori badly in the field of Tarain. He managed to escape with great difficulty, saving his life.
- Second Battle of Tarain (1192 AD) – The second battle of Tarain was fought between Mohammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan, in this war, Prithviraj Chauhan showed bravery, but he was defeated. Delhi came into the possession of Muhammad Ghori.
Question 4. Where and how did Muhammad Ghori defeat India for the first time?
Answer – The first defeat of Muhammad Ghori in India took place in Gujarat in 1178-79 AD. At that time, Gujarat was ruled by the ruler of the Chalukya dynasty, Mulraj II. Muhammad Ghori attacked Anhilwara (Patan) via southern Rajputana. Under the leadership of Nayika Devi, the courageous mother of Mulraj Il and Bhima II, the army of Anhilwara faced Muhammad Ghori at a place called Kayadran near Mount Abu. Muhammad Ghori’s army was completely defeated, Muhammad Ghori somehow escaped from Gujarat with his defeated army. This was the first defeat of Muhammad Ghori in India. Mulraj II was the first ruler among Indian kings, who first defeated Muhammad Ghori and forced them to return.
Discuss
Question 1. Write a short description of the first battle of Panipat.
Answer – The first battle of Panipat was fought on 21 April 1526 AD between Babur and Ibrahim Lodi. Ibrahim Lodi was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate while Babur was the ruler of Fargana located in Asia. Babur won in this war and he defeated and killed Ibrahim Lodi and ended the Delhi Sultanate. Babur established the Mughal Empire in India.
Question 2. Describe the resistance to the attacks made by Mahmud Ghaznavi.
Answer – The Hindu Shahi rulers opposed the invasions made by Mahmud Ghaznavi. In 1001 AD, he attacked the Hindu Shahi ruler Jaipal. In the battle near Peshawar, Jaipal fought valiantly but was defeated. When he was returning to Ghazni, the Jats of Sindh blocked his way. But he somehow managed to take away the wealth from India to Ghazni. Mahmud Ghaznavi destroyed many temples of Hindu religion and took away valuable things from them.
Question 3. Mention the atrocities committed by Nadir Shah on the people of Delhi.
Answer – Nadirshah was an Iranian invader. Taking advantage of the weakened position of the Mughals in India, Nadir Shah invaded India in 1739 AD. At this time Delhi was ruled by the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah. His army was defeated by Nadir Shah in the battle of Karnal on 24 February 1739 AD. Nadir Shah stayed in Delhi for about two months. Nadir Shah carried out a massacre in Delhi. His soldiers did not spare even women, children and old people. Plundering and killing continued in Delhi for three days. Within three days, three crore rupees were plundered from the common people of Delhi. Nadir Shah returned to Iran with the famous Kohinoor diamond and a peacock throne from India.
Question 4. Write an article on the demolition of Somnath temple.
Answer – Mahmud Ghaznavi decided to attack the temple of Somnath in Gujarat. The huge temple here was world famous. Hindus had deep faith in this temple. Mahmud Ghaznavi attacked the temple of Somnath to disturb the sanctity of the temple and plunder its wealth. It took him three days to capture the temple of Somnath due to heavy resistance from the Hindus. Many Hindus who were protesting were killed by Mahmud Ghaznavi. Thereafter, Mahmud ransacked the temple and broke the idol of Lord Somnath with a mace. The money plundered from here was taken by Mahmud to Ghazni, loaded on camels.
Question 5. What were the effects of foreign invasions on India?
Answer – The following were the effects of foreign invasions on India –
1. Spread of Islam: Arabs and Turks had a new religious zeal and they invaded India only to spread Islam. Many Ulema-Maulvis came to India with the invaders. They spread Islam in India.
2. Loss of lives and wealth: Ghaznavi attacked India many times from 1000 AD to 1025 AD. The purpose of these attacks by Mahmud was to get wealth. He was successful in taking away immense wealth. Although the direct goal of Ghor’s attacks was not to get money, in his campaigns, incidents like massacres are described. He put many people to death. In both the attacks, India had to bear the loss of lives and wealth.
3. Bad policy of war: The Indians bad war strategy was exposed during the foreign invasion. The Indian rulers used mostly elephants in the army, while the Turks had more horses. Horses could turn faster and more quickly than elephants. In addition, the military organisation of the Indians was weak. The Turks had a army smaller than the Indians, but it was systematically divided.
4. Blow to art and literature: The destruction of Indian temples and idols emerged as the main characteristic of the attacks of Ghaznavi. Buildings, shrines and temples at Thaneshwar, Nagarkot, Mathura, Kannauj, Somnath were demolished. These magnificent art sculptures and specimens were destroyed forever.
5. Establishment of Turk power in India: Turk invasions led to the establishment of Turk power in India. This was the most widespread effect of the Turk invasion. Ghori captured Punjab and occupied the interior parts of India as well. After the second battle of Tarain, he captured Delhi, Kannauj, Ajmer, Mathura and Gujarat. Thus, at the time of the death of Ghori in 1206 AD the Turk Empire was established in India.
let’s think and illustrate
Question 1. If there had been no foreign invasions on India, what would have been the position of India in the current global context?
Answer – If India had not been attacked by foreigners, today India would have been one of the richest countries in the world. There would be no trace of poverty in India. And it is also true that if India had not been attacked then India would never have been a united India, India would not have democracy, all would have ruled in their own princely states.
Question 2. What would have been the reasons for the success of foreign invasions and the failure of the Indians to resist them?
Answer – Some of the reasons for the success of foreign invasions and the failure of Indians to stop them are as follows –
1. Morals of Indian kings
2. Betrayal of loved ones
3. Unethical warfare policy of foreign invaders.
4. Trained archers in their army.