India of Medieval Age — HISTORY STD 11 Arts — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ArtsHISTORYIndia of Medieval Age5 Marks
Question
State the effects of the Arab invasions.
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Answer
The Muslims had higher weapons than the people of India.
The kings of India used elephants on the battlefield while the Muslim invaders used horses on a large scale.
Which proved to be more useful than elephants.
The invasion of the Arabs led to the beginning of hunting, wrestling, animal slaughter, etc. in indigestible India.
Unani medicine was introduced into medicine.
The Rajputs, despite being valiant warriors, were defeated on the battlefield.
The people of Hind, unaware of the external difficulties and peace-loving, became disillusioned with the ferocious invasions of the Arabs and Turks.
This was preceded by invasions of several foreign species.
But they were made their own by the Indians under the influence of their culture, heritage and religion.
But with the arrival of Muslims the situation changed.
Muslims came to India with their own religion and their own social system.
The Arabs remained in Sindh as rulers for about a century.
He was fond of seeing, knowing and learning something new.
Learning and adopting Muktam.
During this time the Arabs studied Indian astronomy, mathematics, Vedic medicine, music and painting.
Translated Sanskrit texts like Ramayana, Mahabharata etc. into Arabic language.
Unfortunately the Indian scholars of this age could not take advantage of the knowledge of the art and science of the Arabs as they did not have free and receptive flesh.
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