Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years — Social Studies STD 7 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social StudiesTracing Changes Through A Thousand Years3 Marks
Question
What do you know about chronicles?
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Answer
A chronicle is a record of the rule of the kings and life at the court. Most kings had court chroniclers who wrote in detail about what happened during their reign.Some important chronicles of the medieval period are:
Rajatarangini by Kalhana, which is a history of the king of Kashmir.
Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi by Zia-ud-din Barani, which describes the history of the Sultans of Delhi till the reign of Firoz Shah Tughluq.
Tarikh-e-Ferishta by Ferishta, which is a record of the history of the Delhi Sultans, from the time of Turks till the seventeenth century.
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