Consider the following: The arrival of Babur into India led to the 1. Introduction of gunpowder in the subcontinent 2. Introduction of the arch and dome in the region's architecture 3. Establishment of Timurid dynasty in the region Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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A. 1 and 2 only
B. 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: 3 only
Option b is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect. Gunpowder technology is believed to have arrived in India by the mid-14th century, but could have been introduced much earlier by the Mongols, who had conquered both China and some borderlands of India, perhaps as early as the mid-13th century.
Statement 2 is incorrect. The establishment of Delhi Sultanates led to the introduction of Muslim style of construction in India which was based on arches, vaults and domes, on columns and pyramidal towers or slender spires, called trabeate.
Statement 3 is correct. Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire. The name Mughal derives from Mongol. They referred to themselves as Timurids, as descendants of the Turkish ruler Timur on the paternal side.