The Katoch dynasty had ruled the Kangra region for a long time. Arrange the following events in the history of Kangra in the order in which they took place.
(A) Raja Ghamand Chand founds his capital town of Tira Sujanpur on the banks of river Beas.
(B) The Gurkhas besiege the Kangra fort.
(C) Jahangir makes the Katoch rulers of Kangra his vassals.
(D) Sansar Chand ascends the throne at the age of 10 years.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (C), (A), (D), (B)
First – C. Jahangir conquered the Katoch territory in the seventeenth century and made the rulers his vassals.
Second – A. After the decline of the Mughal power, Ghamand Chand recovered most of the territory and founded his capital, Tira Sujanpur, on the Beas.
Third – D. His grandson Sansar Chand came to the throne at 10, after the kingdom had been restored by Ghamand Chand.
Fourth – B. Around 1805, during Sansar Chand’s reign, the Gurkhas besieged the Kangra fort and he fled to Tira Sujanpur.
NCERT (2026-27): “Kangra School …Sansar Chand ascended to the throne at the tender age of 10 years after the kingdom had been restored to its earlier glory by his grandfather Ghamand Chand. They belonged to the Katoch dynasty of rulers, who had been ruling the Kangra region for a long time until Jahangir conquered their territory in the seventeenth century and made them his vassals. After the decline of the Mughal power, Raja Ghamand Chand recovered most of the territory and founded his capital town of Tira Sujanpur on the banks of river Beas and constructed fine monuments.” “Kangra School …Painting activity was severely affected around 1805 when the Gurkhas besieged the Kangra fort and Sansar Chand had to flee to his hill palace at Tira Sujanpur.” |