praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: History_of_India
Context: The Kabul Shahi dynasties ruled the Kabul Valley and Gandhara (modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan) from the decline of the Kushan Empire in the 3rd century to the early 9th century. The Shahis are generally split up into two eras: the Buddhist Shahis and the Hindu Shahis, with the change-over thought to have occurred sometime around 870. The kingdom was known as the Kabul Shahan or Ratbelshahan from 565-670, when the capitals were located in Kapisa and Kabul, and later Udabhandapura, also known as Hund for its new capital.

question: Until what century did the Kabul Shahi dynasties rule the Kabul Valley? 

answer: 9th century

question: The decline of what empire allowed the rule of the Kabul Shahi empire? 

answer: Kushan

question: How many eras are the Shahis divided into? 

answer: two

question: When did the Shahis switch from Buddhist to Hindu? 

answer: 870

question: What was the kingdom of the Shahis called? 

answer: Kabul Shahan
Title: History_of_India
Context: The Hindu Shahis under Jayapala, is known for his struggles in defending his kingdom against the Ghaznavids in the modern-day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan region. Jayapala saw a danger in the consolidation of the Ghaznavids and invaded their capital city of Ghazni both in the reign of Sebuktigin and in that of his son Mahmud, which initiated the Muslim Ghaznavid and Hindu Shahi struggles. Sebuk Tigin, however, defeated him, and he was forced to pay an indemnity. Jayapala defaulted on the payment and took to the battlefield once more. Jayapala however, lost control of the entire region between the Kabul Valley and Indus River.

question: In what id Jayapala see a danger to his dynasty? 

answer: consolidation of the Ghaznavids

question: What city did Jayapala invade at least twice? 

answer: Ghazni

question: Who defeated Jayapala and required an indemnity payment? 

answer: Sebuk Tigin

question: What part of the area did Jayapala lose? 

answer: Kabul Valley and Indus River

question: What was Jayapala's response to the indemnity payment? 

answer: defaulted
Title: History_of_India
Context: However, the army was hopeless in battle against the western forces, particularly against the young Mahmud of Ghazni. In the year 1001, soon after Sultan Mahmud came to power and was occupied with the Qarakhanids north of the Hindu Kush, Jaipal attacked Ghazni once more and upon suffering yet another defeat by the powerful Ghaznavid forces, near present-day Peshawar. After the Battle of Peshawar, he committed suicide because his subjects thought he had brought disaster and disgrace to the Shahi dynasty.

question: In what year was Jaipal again soundly defeated by the Muslims? 

answer: 1001

question: Where was the location of the Shahi defeat by the Muslims? 

answer: Battle of Peshawar

question: What was Jaipal action after his last defeat? 

answer: committed suicide

question: Upon what did Jaipal's subjects think he brought disaster? 

answer: Shahi dynasty

question: Who was the ruler of Ghazni? 

answer: Mahmud of Ghazni
Title: History_of_India
Context: Like other settled, agrarian societies in history, those in the Indian subcontinent have been attacked by nomadic tribes throughout its long history. In evaluating the impact of Islam on the sub-continent, one must note that the northwestern sub-continent was a frequent target of tribes raiding from Central Asia. In that sense, the Muslim intrusions and later Muslim invasions were not dissimilar to those of the earlier invasions during the 1st millennium. What does however, make the Muslim intrusions and later Muslim invasions different is that unlike the preceding invaders who assimilated into the prevalent social system, the successful Muslim conquerors retained their Islamic identity and created new legal and administrative systems that challenged and usually in many cases superseded the existing systems of social conduct and ethics, even influencing the non-Muslim rivals and common masses to a large extent, though non-Muslim population was left to their own laws and customs. They also introduced new cultural codes that in some ways were very different from the existing cultural codes. This led to the rise of a new Indian culture which was mixed in nature, though different from both the ancient Indian culture and later westernized modern Indian culture. At the same time it must be noted that overwhelming majority of Muslims in India are Indian natives converted to Islam. This factor also played an important role in the synthesis of cultures.

question: From where did raiders come to attack the agrarian Indians? 

answer: Central Asia

question: After a history of raiding groups, what is not remarkable in the history of the subcontinent? 

answer: Muslim intrusions

question: Before the Muslim invasions, what did previous invaders do in the local cultures? 

answer: assimilated

question: What did the Muslim invaders staunchly keep after invading? 

answer: Islamic identity

question: What type of new Indian culture was formed from this mixture of cultures? 

answer: mixed
Title: History_of_India
Context: The subsequent Slave dynasty of Delhi managed to conquer large areas of northern India, while the Khilji dynasty conquered most of central India but were ultimately unsuccessful in conquering and uniting the subcontinent. The Sultanate ushered in a period of Indian cultural renaissance. The resulting "Indo-Muslim" fusion of cultures left lasting syncretic monuments in architecture, music, literature, religion, and clothing. It is surmised that the language of Urdu (literally meaning "horde" or "camp" in various Turkic dialects) was born during the Delhi Sultanate period as a result of the intermingling of the local speakers of Sanskritic Prakrits with immigrants speaking Persian, Turkic, and Arabic under the Muslim rulers. The Delhi Sultanate is the only Indo-Islamic empire to enthrone one of the few female rulers in India, Razia Sultana (1236–1240).

question: What conquered large areas of northern India? 

answer: Slave dynasty of Delhi

question: What dynasty captured most of central India? 

answer: Khilji dynasty

question: What language was created during the Delhi Sultanate?  

answer: Urdu

question: Who was the only female sultana to be enthroned in a Indo-Islamic empire? 

answer: Razia Sultana

question: By what is the fusion of Islamic and Indian cultures called? 

answer: Indo-Muslim
Title: History_of_India
Context: A Turco-Mongol conqueror in Central Asia, Timur (Tamerlane), attacked the reigning Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud of the Tughlaq Dynasty in the north Indian city of Delhi. The Sultan's army was defeated on 17 December 1398. Timur entered Delhi and the city was sacked, destroyed, and left in ruins, after Timur's army had killed and plundered for three days and nights. He ordered the whole city to be sacked except for the sayyids, scholars, and the "other Muslims" (artists); 100,000 war prisoners were put to death in one day. The Sultanate suffered significantly from the sacking of Delhi revived briefly under the Lodi Dynasty, but it was a shadow of the former.

question: What Turko-Mongol attacked and defeated the Sultan of Tughlaq dynasty? 

answer: Timur

question: On what date did Timur beat the Delhi Sultan? 

answer: 17 December 1398

question: In what shape did Timur leave the city of Delhi? 

answer: in ruins

question: How many prisoners of war were executed in the sack of Delhi? 

answer: 100,000

question: What were exempted from death by Timur when ordering Delhi sacked? 

answer: sayyids
Title: History_of_India
Context: The Empire was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty. The empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts by the southern powers to ward off Islamic invasions by the end of the 13th century. The empire is named after its capital city of Vijayanagara, whose ruins surround present day Hampi, now a World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India. The empire's legacy includes many monuments spread over South India, the best known of which is the group at Hampi. The previous temple building traditions in South India came together in the Vijayanagara Architecture style. The mingling of all faiths and vernaculars inspired architectural innovation of Hindu temple construction, first in the Deccan and later in the Dravidian idioms using the local granite. South Indian mathematics flourished under the protection of the Vijayanagara Empire in Kerala. The south Indian mathematician Madhava of Sangamagrama founded the famous Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics in the 14th century which produced a lot of great south Indian mathematicians like Parameshvara, Nilakantha Somayaji and Jyeṣṭhadeva in medieval south India. Efficient administration and vigorous overseas trade brought new technologies such as water management systems for irrigation. The empire's patronage enabled fine arts and literature to reach new heights in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Sanskrit, while Carnatic music evolved into its current form. The Vijayanagara Empire created an epoch in South Indian history that transcended regionalism by promoting Hinduism as a unifying factor. The empire reached its peak during the rule of Sri Krishnadevaraya when Vijayanagara armies were consistently victorious. The empire annexed areas formerly under the Sultanates in the northern Deccan and the territories in the eastern Deccan, including Kalinga, while simultaneously maintaining control over all its subordinates in the south. Many important monuments were either completed or commissioned during the time of Krishna Deva Raya. Vijayanagara went into decline after the defeat in the Battle of Talikota (1565).

question: In what year was Sangama Dynasty formed? 

answer: 1336

question: At what location are the best known monuments in the south of India? 

answer: Hampi

question: What mathematician founded the Kerala school of astronomy?  

answer: Madhava of Sangamagrama

question: When was the Kerala school established? 

answer: 14th century

question: What did the Vijayanagara Empire promote to unify Indian culture? 

answer: Hinduism
Title: History_of_India
Context: For two and a half centuries from the mid 13th, the politics in the Northern India was dominated by the Delhi Sultanate and in the Southern India by the Vijayanagar Empire which originated as a political heir of the erstwhile Hoysala Empire and Pandyan Empire. However, there were other regional powers present as well. In the North, the Rajputs were a dominant force in the Western and Central India. Their power reached to the zenith under Rana Sanga during whose time Rajput armies were constantly victorious against the Sultanate army. In the South, the Bahmani Sultanate was the chief rival of the Vijaynagara and gave Vijayanagara tough days many a times. In the early 16th century Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire defeated the last remnant of Bahmani Sultanate power after which the Bahmani Sultanate collapsed. It was established either by a Brahman convert or patronized by a Brahman and form that source it got the name Bahmani. In the early 16th century, it collapsed and got split into five small Deccan sultanates. In the East, the Gajapati Kingdom remained a strong regional power to reckon with, so was the Ahom Kingdom in the North-east for six centuries.

question: From the mid 13th century, what dominated politics in northern India? 

answer: Delhi Sultanate

question: What empire dominated in the south of India in the 13th century? 

answer: Vijayanagar Empire

question: What group dominated in western and central India at the start of the 13th century? 

answer: Rajputs

question: Gajapati Kingdom was powerful in the east for how many centuries? 

answer: six centuries

question: What empire beat the last Bahmani Sultanate? 

answer: Vijayanagara Empire
Title: History_of_India
Context: Ahom Kingdom (1228–1826) was a kingdom and tribe which rose to prominence in present-day Assam early in the thirteenth century. They ruled much of Assam from the 13th century until the establishment of British rule in 1838. The Ahoms brought with them a tribal religion and a language of their own, however they later merged with the Hindu religion. From thirteenth till seventeenth century, repeated attempts were made by the Muslim rulers of Delhi to invade and subdue Ahoms, however the Ahoms managed to maintain their independence and ruled themselves for nearly 600 years.

question: What kingdom came to power in Assam? 

answer: Ahom Kingdom

question: What was the span of time fro the Ahom Kingdom? 

answer: 1228–1826

question: What event caused the end of Ahom rule in Assam? 

answer: British rule

question: With what religion did the Ahom merge? 

answer: Hindu

question: What group repeatedly tried and failed to conquer the Ahom? 

answer: Muslim rulers of Delhi
Title: History_of_India
Context: In 1526, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from Fergana Valley (modern day Uzbekistan), swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal Empire, which at its zenith covered modern day Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. However, his son Humayun was defeated by the Afghan warrior Sher Shah Suri in the year 1540, and Humayun was forced to retreat to Kabul. After Sher Shah's death, his son Islam Shah Suri and the Hindu emperor Hemu Vikramaditya, who had won 22 battles against Afghan rebels and forces of Akbar, from Punjab to Bengal and had established a secular rule in North India from Delhi till 1556 after winning Battle of Delhi. Akbar's forces defeated and killed Hemu in the Second Battle of Panipat on 6 November 1556.

question: What empire did Babur found in northern India? 

answer: Mughal Empire

question: Who defeated Babur's son in 1540? 

answer: Sher Shah Suri

question: Of what nationality was Sher Shah Suri? 

answer: Afghan

question: At what place did Akbar's army defeat Hemu in 1556? 

answer: Second Battle of Panipat

question: By what route did Babur enter India? 

answer: Khyber Pass
Title: History_of_India
Context: Akbar's son, Jahangir more or less followed father's policy. The Mughal dynasty ruled most of the Indian subcontinent by 1600. The reign of Shah Jahan was the golden age of Mughal architecture. He erected several large monuments, the most famous of which is the Taj Mahal at Agra, as well as the Moti Masjid, Agra, the Red Fort, the Jama Masjid, Delhi, and the Lahore Fort. The Mughal Empire reached the zenith of its territorial expanse during the reign of Aurangzeb and also started its terminal decline in his reign due to Maratha military resurgence under Shivaji. Historian Sir. J.N. Sarkar wrote, "All seemed to have been gained by Aurangzeb now, but in reality all was lost." The same was echoed by Vincent Smith: "The Deccan proved to be the graveyard not only of Aurangzeb's body but also of his empire".

question: By what date did the Mughal dynasty rule most of India? 

answer: 1600

question: What famous monument did Shah Jahan build at Agra? 

answer: Taj Mahal

question: What reached it height during the reign of Shah Jehan? 

answer: Mughal architecture

question: What actions caused the decline of the Mughal Empire? 

answer: Maratha military resurgence

question: During whose reign did the Mughal Empire reach its greatest expanse? 

answer: Aurangzeb
Title: History_of_India
Context: The empire went into decline thereafter. The Mughals suffered several blows due to invasions from Marathas and Afghans. During the decline of the Mughal Empire, several smaller states rose to fill the power vacuum and themselves were contributing factors to the decline. In 1737, the Maratha general Bajirao of the Maratha Empire invaded and plundered Delhi. Under the general Amir Khan Umrao Al Udat, the Mughal Emperor sent 8,000 troops to drive away the 5,000 Maratha cavalry soldiers. Baji Rao, however, easily routed the novice Mughal general and the rest of the imperial Mughal army fled. In 1737, in the final defeat of Mughal Empire, the commander-in-chief of the Mughal Army, Nizam-ul-mulk, was routed at Bhopal by the Maratha army. This essentially brought an end to the Mughal Empire. In 1739, Nader Shah, emperor of Iran, defeated the Mughal army at the Battle of Karnal. After this victory, Nader captured and sacked Delhi, carrying away many treasures, including the Peacock Throne. The Mughal dynasty was reduced to puppet rulers by 1757. The remnants of the Mughal dynasty were finally defeated during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also called the 1857 War of Independence, and the remains of the empire were formally taken over by the British while the Government of India Act 1858 let the British Crown assume direct control of India in the form of the new British Raj.

question: What groups invaded and damaged the Mughals? 

answer: Marathas and Afghans

question: Who attacked and plundered Delhi in 1737? 

answer: Maratha general Bajirao

question: Who was the final Commander-in-chief of the Mughal army? 

answer: Nizam-ul-mulk

question: What was the site of the final battle for the Mughals? 

answer: Bhopal

question: What was the Indian Rebellion of 1857 also called? 

answer: 1857 War of Independence
Title: History_of_India
Context: The Mughals were perhaps the richest single dynasty to have ever existed. During the Mughal era, the dominant political forces consisted of the Mughal Empire and its tributaries and, later on, the rising successor states – including the Maratha Empire – which fought an increasingly weak Mughal dynasty. The Mughals, while often employing brutal tactics to subjugate their empire, had a policy of integration with Indian culture, which is what made them successful where the short-lived Sultanates of Delhi had failed. This period marked vast social change in the subcontinent as the Hindu majority were ruled over by the Mughal emperors, most of whom showed religious tolerance, liberally patronising Hindu culture. The famous emperor Akbar, who was the grandson of Babar, tried to establish a good relationship with the Hindus. However, later emperors such as Aurangazeb tried to establish complete Muslim dominance, and as a result several historical temples were destroyed during this period and taxes imposed on non-Muslims. Akbar declared "Amari" or non-killing of animals in the holy days of Jainism. He rolled back the jizya tax for non-Muslims. The Mughal emperors married local royalty, allied themselves with local maharajas, and attempted to fuse their Turko-Persian culture with ancient Indian styles, creating a unique Indo-Saracenic architecture. It was the erosion of this tradition coupled with increased brutality and centralization that played a large part in the dynasty's downfall after Aurangzeb, who unlike previous emperors, imposed relatively non-pluralistic policies on the general population, which often inflamed the majority Hindu population.

question: What was the richest of all the dynasties? 

answer: The Mughals

question: What policy made the Mughals a successful dynasty?  

answer: integration with Indian culture

question: Which Mughal ruler tried to form a good relationship with non-Muslims? 

answer: emperor Akbar

question: Which Mughal ruler tried to establish complete dominance over the Hindu populace? 

answer: Aurangazeb

question: With what styles did Mughal Rulers merge their Tuko-Persian culture? 

answer: ancient Indian
Title: History_of_India
Context: The post-Mughal era was dominated by the rise of the Maratha suzerainty as other small regional states (mostly late Mughal tributary states) emerged, and also by the increasing activities of European powers. There is no doubt that the single most important power to emerge in the long twilight of the Mughal dynasty was the Maratha confederacy. The Maratha kingdom was founded and consolidated by Chatrapati Shivaji, a Maratha aristocrat of the Bhonsle clan who was determined to establish Hindavi Swarajya. Sir J.N. Sarkar described Shivaji as "the last great constructive genius and nation builder that the Hindu race has produced". However, the credit for making the Marathas formidable power nationally goes to Peshwa Bajirao I. Historian K.K. Datta wrote about Bajirao I:

question: The rise of what dynasty followed the era of the Mughals? 

answer: Maratha suzerainty

question: What founding was of importance in the  decline of the Mughals? 

answer: Maratha confederacy

question: Who consolidated the Maratha kingdom? 

answer: Chatrapati Shivaji

question: What did J.N. Sarkar say of Shivaji's nation building? 

answer: great constructive genius

question: Who made the Marathas a strong power? 

answer: Peshwa Bajirao I
Title: History_of_India
Context: By the early 18th century, the Maratha Kingdom had transformed itself into the Maratha Empire under the rule of the Peshwas (prime ministers). In 1737, the Marathas defeated a Mughal army in their capital, Delhi itself in Battle of Delhi (1737). The Marathas continued their military campaigns against Mughals, Nizam, Nawab of Bengal and Durrani Empire to further extend their boundaries. Gordon explained how the Maratha systematically took control over new regions. They would start with annual raids, followed by collecting ransom from villages and towns while the declining Mughal Empire retained nominal control and finally taking over the region. He explained it with the example of Malwa region. Marathas built an efficient system of public administration known for its attention to detail. It succeeded in raising revenue in districts that recovered from years of raids, up to levels previously enjoyed by the Mughals. For example, the cornerstone of the Maratha rule in Malwa rested on the 60 or so local tax collectors who advanced the Maratha ruler Peshwa a portion of their district revenues at interest. By 1760, the domain of the Marathas stretched across practically the entire subcontinent. The north-western expansion of the Marathas was stopped after the Third Battle of Panipat (1761). However, the Maratha authority in the north was re-established within a decade under Peshwa Madhavrao I. The defeat of Marathas by British in third Anglo-Maratha Wars brought end to the empire by 1820. The last peshwa, Baji Rao II, was defeated by the British in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. With the defeat of the Marathas, no native power represented any significant threat for the British afterwards.

question: By when had the Maratha kingdom become an empire? 

answer: early 18th century

question: Who ruled the Maratha Empire? 

answer: Peshwas

question: What were Peshwas? 

answer: prime ministers

question: By what year had the Maratha Empire covered most of the subcontinent? 

answer: 1760

question: In the end, what empire defeated the Maratha Empire? 

answer: British