I.Choosethe correct answers
1. The pallavasunder Simha Vishnu overtherew the Kalabhras and estabilished theirsupremacy over Thondaimandalam.
2.Narasimhavarman Iassumed the title Vatapikondan.
3. The kallanaiacross river Cauvery was built by karikalacholan.
4. Parantaka I the son of Aditya I defeated the Pandiya ruler and took up the title Madurai Kondan.
5. The pandiyaempire was called Pandiya mandalam.
6. Andal composed Thiruppavai.
II.Fill in the blanks
1 .During theperiod of Narasimhavarman-I Hieun Tsang visited kanchipuram.
2. MonolithicRathas are found at Mamallapuram.
3. Kulothungacholan was called Sungam Thavirtha Cholan.
4. The chola kingswere patrons of Saivism.
5. Thiruvasagam wascomposed by Manickavasagam.
6. The paintings ofsrivallabha pandya are seen in the Sithannavasal
Cave temples.
III.MATCH THE FOLLOWING:
1. Ursavai —Village assembly
2. Shore temple —Mamallapuram.
3. Kambar —Ramayana.
4. Brihadeeswara— Tanjore.
5. Megasthenese —Greek writer
6. Katyayana —Sanskrit Grammarian.
IV.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:-
1.Write a short note on the origin of the Pallavas.
There is acontroversy over the origin of the Pallavas some of the views are they were ofPersian origin feudatories of the satavahanas or the natives ofThondaimandalam.
2.Write a note on the administrative divisions of the pallavas.
The pallava regionwas divided into four divisions namely the Rashtras or Mandalams, Vishayas orKottams, Nadus and Urs.
3.Mention the sources of informations about the cholas.
Mahabharatha, theinscriptions of Ashoka and the works of Measthenese and Ptolemy are the sourcesof information about the cholas.
4.Which are the chief centres of the Chola art and architecture?
Thiruchirapalli,SriRangam, Tanjore, Kumbakonam, Chidambaram, Thiruvunnamalai, Trivandrum,Suchindram and Udipi are the chief centres of the chola art.
The vijayalayacholeswaram at Nattramalai, Aivarkoil at kodumbalur, Brahadeeshwara temple arecentres of the chola architecture.
5.What do you know about Jatavarman kulasekara Pandya I?
Jatavarmankulassekara-I succeeded his father vikrama pandiya.
He ruled overMadurai, Ramanathapuram, Thirunelveli and Kanyakumarai.
6.Name a few occupations of the Pandiyas.
· Agricultureand trade were their main occupations.
· Theagriculturists were called the Boomiputirar.
· ThePandiyas were famous for pearl diving.
VANSWER IN DETAIL:-
1.Discuss the contributions of the Pallavas to art, architecture and fine arts.
Artand Architecture:-
The Pallavasarchitecture began the Dravidian style of temple architecture.
Its development canbe seen in four styles.
Mahendravarmanstyle:-
§ Thefirst style was the Rock cut temples.
§ Itwas introducing by Mahendravarman-II.
§ Thisstyle of temples were excavated at places like Mahendravadi, Mammandur,
§ Dalavanur,Thiruchirapalli, Siyamangalam, Thirukahundrum etc.
Narasimhavarman style:
The third style isthe structural temples in the Rajasimha style.
Ex. Kailasanathatemple.
Aparajithavarman style:
The last style isalso the structural temples continued by the later pallavas.
Finearts:-
§ ThePallava rulers also paid considerable attention to the fine arts of music andpaintings.
§ ThePallava rulers also paid considerable attention to the fine arts of music andpaintings.
§ MahendraVarman assumed the title of Sankiranajati for his mastery in music and thetitle Chittirakara Puli for his skill in painting.