Class 7th History NCERT
ALL IMPORTANT POINTERS
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CHPATER 1 - Introduction
• No Points
CHAPTER 2 - Kings and Kingdoms
• Samantas - Big Landlords / Warrior Chiefs
• Danitdurga - In the mid 8th century, Rashtrakutas Power arose under the
banner of Dantidurga and performed a ritual called Hiranya Garbha.
• Medieval Cholas -
• Foundation - Middle of 9th century - under VIJAYALAYA
• Taxes mentioned - Vetti and Kadamai
• Vetti - Tax taken in the form of forced labour.
• Kadamai - Land Revenue tax
• Administration -
• Settlement of Peasants - Ur
• Group of Villages - Nadu
• Muvendavelan - A velan or peasant serving three kings.
• Several Categories of Land -
• Vellanvagi - Land of Non-Brahmana peasant proprietors
• Brahmdeya - Land gifted to Brahmans
• Shalabhoga - Land for the maintenance of a School
• Devdana - Land gifted to Temples
• Pallichchhandam - Land donated to Jain Institutions
• Nagarams - Association of Traders
• Uttaramerur Inscription of Cholas - Provides detail in which Sabha was
organised
• Kalhana - Kashmir Historian - 12th Century
Chapter 3 - Delhi : 12th to 15th Century
• Delhi rst became capital under Tamara Rajputs who were defeated in the
middle of 12th century under Chamanas of Ajmer.
• Delhiwal - Type of coin minted in Delhi.
• Queens Mentioned -
• Rudramadevi - Queen of Kakatiyas of Warangal.
• Dida - Queen of Kashmir
• Raziya Sultan - Queen of Slave Dynasty
• Bandagan - Slaves purchased for military service.
• Type of Taxes -
• Khums - 1/5th of war booty
• Zakat - For Muslims - 1/40th of annual saving to travellers and needy.
• Jizyah - Tax paid by non Muslims for protection
• Kharaj - Land Tax
Chapter 4 - The Mughals
Watan Jagir - Jagir given in and under own homeland. Non Transferable
and heredity.
• Concept of Mansabdari System.
ZABT Revenue System -
• Under Akbar’s Zabt System, Each province was divided into Revenue
circle with its own schedule of revenue rates.
• It was prevalent in those areas where Mughal Administrators could
survey the land and keep careful accounts, Not possible in provinces
such as Gujarat and Bengal.
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Chapter 5 - Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities
• Tribes Mentioned -
Tribe State/Area
Khokar Punjab
Gaddis Himachal
Cheers Bihar and Jharkhand
Kolis Maharashtra
Gonds Chattisgarh
• Banjaras - Trader Nomads and their caravan was called as TANDA.
• Bhuiyans - Landlords
• Paiks - People who were forced to work for the Ahom State.
• In Ahom Dynasty, The peasant was given land by his village community,
Even the King could not take it away without the community consent.
• Buranjis - Historical Chronicles
Chapter 6 - Devotional Paths to the Divine
• Bhakti Movement of South India
• Nayanars - 63 - Appar, Sambandar, Sundarar, Manickavasagar.
• Compilation - Tevaram and Tiruvacakam
• Alvars - 12 - Andel, Tondaradippodi, Nammalvar
• Compilation - Divya Prabandha
• Shankaracharya - Advaita Philosophy
• Ramanujacharya - Vishisht Adviata
• Basavannas - Virsahiva Movement of Karnataka
• Maharashtra Bhakti Movement known as Pandharpur Bhakti Movement.
• Bhakti Focused on God Vitthala.
• In Kashmir, Rishi silsilah of Su sm ourished.
• Following Saints were under Chisti Silsilah -
• Muindin Chisti of Ajmer & Qutubdin Bakhtiyar Kaki of Delhi
• Baba Farid of Delhi & Khwaja NIzamudin Auliya of Delhi
• Tulsidas’s composition - Ramcharitmanas - Written in Awadhi.
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• Chapter 7 - The Making of Regional Cultures
• Anantvarman Ganga constructed Jagannanatha Temple at Puri in
12th century.
• In 1230, King Anangabhima III dedicated his kingdom to the deity
and proclaimed himself as Deputy of the God.
• Kathak - Caste of story tellers in temples in North India.
• Classical Dances of India -
Dance State
Kathak UP
Bharatnatyam Tamil Nadu
Kathakali Kerala
Odissi Odisha
Kuchidpudi Andhra Pradesh
Manipuri Manipur
• Basholi Paintings - Miniature Paintings of Himachal Pradesh. (Most
Popular among these - Bhanudatta’s Rasamanjari)
Chapter 8th - Eighteenth Century Political Formations
• Kunbis - Peasant-Pastoralists
• Maraths took the right to take Chauth and Sardekshmukhi from the entire
Deccan.
• Chauth - 25th percent of the land revenue claimed by zamindars.
• Sardekhmukhi - Nearly 10% of the land revenue paid to the head
revenue collector in the Deccan.
