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What was the consequence of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq’s project of shifting his capital?
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Solution
In the absence of the sultan, Delhi was now exposed to renewed attacks by the Mongols. Realizing his folly, Muhammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital back to Delhi after 2 years. The people were ordered to return. The suffering and mental agony caused great resentment. The experiment was a dismal failure. It had drained the treasury and reduced the grand and prosperous capital of Delhi to a mere shadow of its former self. Daulatabad, a monument of misdirected energy, became a deserted city.
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Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq’s toktn currency failed.
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Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq was an ___________ administrator and a ________ military commander.
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| A | B |
| 1. Jalaluddin Khilji | (a) Shahna |
| 2. Alauddin Khilji | (b) Malwa |
| 3. Chanderi | (c) a mild and pious man |
| 4. Warangal | (d) a briliant general and a shrewd administrator |
| 5. Price Control | (e) Deccan |
| 6. Firoz Shah Tuqhlaq | (f) Afghan |
| 7. Sikandar Lodi | (g) Welfare schemes |
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Most historians have traced the failure of Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s schemes to his _____________.
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq stayed in Daulatabad for 5 years.
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