Match the following: Choose the correct match:

Question

Match the following:

Choose the correct match:

1. A. i-a, ii-c, iii-b
2. B. i-b, ii-c, iii-a
3. C. i-a, ii-b, iii-c (Correct answer)
4. D. i-b, ii-a, iii-c

Correct Answer

Option C — i-a, ii-b, iii-c

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is i-a, ii-b, iii-c.

Key Points

• The correct matching is:

• Shams-ud-din Shah Mir founded the Shah Mir dynasty in 1339 CE, establishing the first Muslim sultanate in Kashmir after the decline of the Lohara Hindu dynasty.
• Sikandar Shah (r. 1389–1413), known as Butshikan ("the idol-breaker"), built the Jama Masjid of Srinagar in 1394. His reign is remembered for temple destruction and religious intolerance.
• Yusuf Shah Chak was the last independent ruler of Kashmir; he was deposed by Akbar in 1586, after which Kashmir became a Mughal province.

Additional Information

• Zain-ul-Abidin (r. 1420–1470), son of Sikandar and popularly called Budshah ("the Great King"), reversed his father's policies. He is remembered for
  • religious tolerance and the recall of exiled Brahmins,
  • the abolition of the jizya,
  • the introduction of shawl weaving, papier-mâché, carpet weaving and paper making from Central Asia,
  • the construction of the Zaina Lank artificial island in Wular Lake,
  • and the patronage of Sanskrit and Persian scholarship, including the translation of the *Mahabharata* and *Rajatarangini* into Persian.
• Rinchana (1320) was the first Buddhist ruler of Kashmir to convert to Islam, taking the name Sadr-ud-Din.
• **Kalhana's *Rajatarangini*** (12th century) is the principal chronicle of early Kashmiri history.
• Sequence of rule in Kashmir: Hindu dynasties → Shah Mir Sultanate (1339) → Chak dynasty → Mughals (1586) → Afghans (1753) → Sikhs (1819) → Dogras under the Treaty of Amritsar (1846).