Rulers and Buildings Test - 2

The Agra fort was built by Akbar, the Agra Fort required 2,000 stone-cutters, 2,000 cement and lime-makers and 8,000 labourers.

They won the praise of their subjects by making structures for their use and comfort such as temples, mosques, tanks, wells, caravanserais and bazaars.

The king Dhangadeva constructed Kandariya Mahadeva temple in 999.

Qutub Minaris a minaret that forms part of the Qutb complex, located in Delhi,India. It is Made up of red sandstone and marble, Qutub Minar is a 73-metre tall tapering tower of five storeys.It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps. Qutb Ud-Din-Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar's first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak's successor Iltutmish completed a further three storeys.

The Taj Mahal at Agra was completed in 1643.

Rajarajadeva build Rajarajeshvara temple in Thanjavur.

The name of the ruler and the god are very similar. The king took the god’s name because it was auspicious and he wanted to appear like a god.

Sultan Iltutmish won universal respect for constructing a large reservoir just outside Dehli-i-Kuhna. It was called the Hauz-i-Sultani or the King’s Reservoir.

Construction activity like building temples, mosques and wells was carried out by kings

Qutub Minar is a minaret that forms part of the Qutb complex,in Delhi,India.

It is made up of red sandstone and marble, Qutub Minar is a 73-metre tall tapering tower of five storeys, with a 14.3 metre base. Qutb Ud-Din-Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar,Iltutmish completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey.Firoz Shah Tughlaq replaced the damaged storey, and added one more.

Between the eighth and thirteenth centuries the trabeate style was used in the construction of temples, mosques, tombs and in buildings attached to large stepped-wells (baolis).

Temples meant to demonstrate the power, wealth and devotion of the patron.Temples and mosques were beautifully constructed because they were places of worship.

Qutb Minar was constructed by Qutbuddin Aybak he had this constructed around 1199.

Between the seventh and tenth centuries architects started adding more rooms, doors and windows to buildings.Roofs, doors and windows were still made by placing a horizontal beam across two vertical columns, a style of architecture called “trabeate” or “corbelled” .

Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra in India. It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal Dynasty till 1638, when the capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi. It is about 2.5km northwest of famous monument, the Taj Mahal. It was Built by emperor Akbar, the Agra Fort required 2,000 stone-cutters, 2,000 cement and lime-makers and 8,000 labourers.

Quwwat-al-Islam Mosque is situated near the Qutub Minar in New Delhi. 

The image of the chief deity was kept in the

main shrine i.e garbhagriha. This was the place for ritual worship where only the king, his immediate family and priests gathered.

An inscription mentions that Rajarajeshvara temple it was built by King Rajarajadeva for the worship of his god, Rajarajeshvaram.

The given Figure is the  Plan of the Jami Masjid built by Shah Jahan in his new capital at

Shahjahanabad,1650-1656.

The ceremonial halls of public and private audience (diwan-i khas o am) were carefully planned. Placed within a large courtyard, these courts were also described as chihil sutun or forty-pillared halls.

In the early ninth century when the Pandyan king Shrimara Shrivallabha invaded Sri Lanka and defeated the king, Sena I.

A shikhara was the top most pointed portion of a temple.

To make a large room with an elaborate superstructure superstructure requires more

sophisticated skills.Superstructure is the part of a building above the ground floor.

The king Dhangadeva constructed Kandariya Mahadeva temple in 999.

An ornamented gateway led to an entrance, and the main hall  which is called mahamandapa where dances were performed. 

A village near the temple is called Charupallam, the “Village of the Incline”.

Rajarajadeva build Rajarajeshvara temple in Thanjavur.

Monuments provide an insight into the technologies used for construction.

The baolis were constructed for rain water harvesting, they were large stepped-wells attached to buildings.

Limestone cement was very high quality cement, which, when mixed with stone chips hardened into concrete. This made construction of large structures easier and faster.