Study Guide · Chapter 16
Mnemonic Index
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Every memory hook in this book, gathered in one place for fast pre-exam revision. Cover the right-hand column and try to reconstruct each sequence from the mnemonic alone.
| What it locks in | Mnemonic / hook |
|---|---|
| Six eras of Indian history, in arc form | Villages → cities → kingdoms → one empire → empire rebuilt twice → Sultanate → Mughals → Marathas/Sikhs |
| Six dynasties of Magadha | "Happy Shishu Nags Munch Sweet Kheer" — Haryanka, Shishunaga, Nanda, Maurya, Shunga, Kanva |
| Five Gupta rulers | "Cats Sit Calmly, Kittens Sleep" — Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta I, Skandagupta |
| Tripartite Struggle's three powers | "Please Pass the Rice" — Pratihara, Pala, Rashtrakuta |
| Sangam Age's Three Crowned Kings | Bow (Chera) fires at Tiger (Chola), lands on Fish (Pandya) |
| Deccan/Tamil succession, 3rd–10th c. | PCR — Pallava, Chalukya (Badami), Rashtrakuta |
| Three key Imperial Chola rulers | Vijayalaya founds it; the two "R"s (Rajaraja, Rajendra) build it up |
| Five dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate | "Slaves Kept Their Slaves Loyal" — Slave, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi |
| Four Vijayanagara ruling houses | "Some Saints Take Ashes" — Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu |
| Five Deccan Sultanates (post-Bahmani) | "Big Girls Adore Beautiful Bangles" — Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmadnagar, Bidar, Berar |
| Six Mughal emperors | "Big Humans Always Just Stay Ahead" — Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb |
| Shivaji's eight Ashtapradhan ministers | "Please Send A Silly Man Some Nice Pie" — Peshwa, Sar-i-Naubat, Amatya, Sachiv, Mantri, Sumant, Nyayadhish, Panditrao |
| One-image anchor per empire | Maurya = stone pillar with an inscribed apology; Gupta = a coin with a poet-king; Chola = a temple tower by the sea; Delhi Sultanate = a slave who became king; Vijayanagara = a stone chariot at Hampi; Mughal (Akbar) = a merged-religion badge; Maratha = a hill fort at night |
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