Fill in the blanks:

(a) The Rajarajeshvara temple was built in ____________.

(b) Ajmer is associated with the Sufi saint ____________.

(c) Hampi was the capital of the ____________ Empire.

(d) The Dutch established a settlement at ___________ in Andhra Pradesh.

(a) The Rajarajeshvara temple was built in 1010 A.D.

The Rajarajeshvara temple is regarded as one of the existing 108 ancient Shiva Temples located at Taliparamba in the Kannur district of Kerala

(b) Ajmer is associated with the Sufi saint Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti.

Sufi saint Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, the chieftain and founder of the Chishtiyya silsila. He is one of the most respected and universally recognized figures in Sufism and Islam. He was a great spiritual leader and a reformer.

(c) Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire.

Two brothers Harihara (Hakka) I and Bukka Raya laid the foundation of the Vijaynagar city. It was one of the important kingdoms in the medieval Indian history. Vijaynagar Dynasty rules over India for 3 centuries.

(d) The Dutch established a settlement at Masulipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

The town of Masulipatnam or Machlipatna lay on the delta of the Krishna-river. In the seventeenth century it was a centre of intense activity