Towns Traders and Crafts persons Test - 3

Kabul and Qandahar were linked to the celebrated Silk Route. Besides, trade in horses was primarily carried on through this route.

Water supply for the city of Thanjavur came from wells and tanks.

The temple authorities collected taxes on Sugar and jaggery, dyes, thread and cotton, coconut, salt, areca nuts, butter, sesame oil and cloth.

Chennai was formerly known as Madras.

The fort at Masulipatnam was built by the Dutch. The town of Masulipatnam or Machlipatnam (literally, fish port town) lay on the delta of the Krishna river.

Merchants, artisans such as, weavers, and native traders and craft persons lived in the ‘Black town’.

Usually a samanta or, in later times, a zamindar built a fortified palace in or near these towns. They levied taxes on traders, artisans and articles of trade

Portuguese traveller, Domingo Paes described Hampi in the sixteenth century.

Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan .

Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore first rose to prominence during the reign of chola when it served as the capital of the empire.

Black town

Many people came from far and near to these towns to buy local articles and sell products of distant places like horses, salt, camphor, saffron, betel nut and spices like pepper.

Thanjavur is also an example of a temple town. Temple towns represent a very important pattern of urbanisation, the process by which cities develop.

Bronze is an alloy containing copper and tin. Bell metal contains a greater proportion of tin than other kinds of bronze

Some distance away at Svamimalai, the sthapatis or sculptors are making exquisite bronze idols and tall, ornamental bell metal lamps.

Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese sailor, was one of those who sailed across the Atlantic to the African coast.

Pushkar Lake or Pushkar Sarovar is located in the town of Pushkar in Ajmer district of the Rajasthan

The given figure is of a Wood Carver

Gujarati traders, including the communities of Hindu Baniyas and Muslim Bohras, traded extensively with the ports of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East Africa, Southeast Asia and China.

Near Ajmer is a lake, Pushkar has attracted pilgrims from ancient times.

The Mahanavami festival, known today as Navaratri in the south, was one of the most important festivals celebrated at Hampi.

Devadasis were the temple dancers who performed in front of the diety, royalty and masses in the many pillared hall of Virupaksha temple.

Temple towns represent a very important pattern of urbanisation, the process by which cities develop.

Temples were often central to the economy and society.

The important centres of trade were Surat, Hampi and Masulipatnam.

Chola bronze statues were made using the “lost wax” technique

Ajmer Sharif Dargah or Dargah Sharif is a sufi shrine (Dargah) of sufi saint, Moinuddin Chishti located at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

Surat was the gateway for trade with West Asia via the Gulf of Ormuz. It has also been called the gateway to Mecca because many pilgrim ships set sail from here. The textile of Surat were famous for their gold lace borders.

Pottery making is the work of Potter.

Hampi is located in the Krishna-Tungabhadra basin that formed the nucleus of the Vijayanagara Empire, founded in 1336.

The English and the Dutch decided to establish settlements in Masulipatnam because it became the most important port on the Andhra Coast.