Quizzes
Pick a theme. Each quiz is five questions and takes about two minutes.
Indian history
Temples and heritage
- Oldest Temples in IndiaWhich ancient temples still stand? Pin five of the oldest surviving temples in India.Map
- Richest Temples in IndiaWhich temples hold the biggest offerings and treasures? Test what you know about India's richest temples.Multiple choice
- UNESCO Rock-Cut Caves of IndiaCarved from solid rock: pin five famous cave sites of India, from Buddhist murals to a giant Shiva temple.Map
- UNESCO Heritage Temples of IndiaFive temple sites on the World Heritage list: a Chola giant, a sun chariot, erotic sculpture, a ruined capital and Chalukya cradles.Map
- Buddhist Sites of IndiaWhere Buddhism began and flourished: five great Buddhist sites in India.Map
- Jain Pilgrimage Sites of IndiaMarble temples and hill pilgrimages: five important Jain sites in India.Map
- Stepwells of IndiaWells you walk down into: pin five famous baolis and vavs.Map
- Historic Sikh GurdwarasFive key sites in Sikh history, from the Golden Temple to Hazur Sahib.Map
Forts and battles
- Hill Forts of RajasthanSix forts are on the UNESCO list in Rajasthan. Pin five of them, from a Rajput stronghold to a desert golden fort.Map
- Forts of Shivaji and the MarathasForts that built an empire: five hill forts linked to Chhatrapati Shivaji.Map
- Decisive Battles of Medieval IndiaFive battlefields that changed who ruled India, from 1191 to 1576.Map
- Battles That Built British IndiaFive battles where the East India Company defeated Indian rulers, from 1757 to 1799.Map
- Great Forts of IndiaFive forts, five dynasties: from Golconda's diamonds to Gwalior's cliff.Map
Trade and ports
People and places
Freedom struggle
- Key Sites of the Revolt of 1857From Meerut to Jhansi: pin five places that mattered in the great revolt of 1857.Map
- Places in Mahatma Gandhi's LifeFrom Porbandar to Dandi: pin five places that shaped Mahatma Gandhi and the freedom movement.Map
- Birthplaces of Freedom FightersWhere were they born? Pin five birthplaces of India's freedom movement leaders.Map
- Indian Independence TimelineFrom the Congress to the Constitution: put the milestones of the freedom movement in order.Mixed
- Slogans of the Freedom Struggle QuizWho said it? Famous slogans of India's freedom movement.Multiple choice
Empires and dynasties
- The Mauryan Empire QuizChandragupta, Chanakya and Ashoka: a mixed quiz on India's first great empire.Mixed
- The Gupta Golden Age QuizScience, art and rulers of the Guptas: five questions on the so-called golden age.Mixed
- The Chola Empire QuizTemples, navies and bronzes: a mixed quiz on the Chola dynasty of South India.Mixed
- The Vijayanagara Empire QuizHampi, Krishnadevaraya and the fall at Talikota: a mixed quiz on the last great Hindu empire of the south.Mixed
- Mughal Emperors in OrderFrom Babur to Aurangzeb: put the Mughal emperors and events in order.Mixed
- Scholars and Scientists of Ancient IndiaZero, surgery, grammar and astronomy: who was behind these Indian firsts?Multiple choice
Islamic history
Early islam
- Madinah and the first battlesFrom the Hijra to the first battles: five places in and around Madinah.Map
- Makkah and the sacred sites around itThe sacred geography of Makkah and its surroundings: five places every pilgrim hears about.Map
- Treaties and expeditions of the Prophet's final yearsTreaties, sieges and expeditions of the Prophet's last years, placed on the map.Map
- Battles and sieges of the conquest of the LevantFive battles and sieges that decided the fate of Syria and Palestine in the 630s.Map
- Battles on the Persian frontThe fall of the Sasanian Empire in five places, from al-Hira to Nahavand.Map
- Garrison cities and capitals of the early caliphateThe camp cities and capitals the early caliphs built or took over.Map
- Heritage of Arabia and YemenFrom Yemen's tower houses to Nabataean tombs: heritage places of Arabia.Map
- Early Islam's reach: Ethiopia, Najran, Ayla, Armenia and BahrainWhere early Muslims met Christian rulers and communities: five stops beyond Makkah and Madinah.Map
Crusades
- Battles of the CrusadesFive decisive Crusade battlefields, from Anatolia to the Galilee. Can you pin each one?Map
- Cities of the Third CrusadeThe Third Crusade was fought over coastal cities. Place five of them on the map.Map
- Crusader castles and strongholdsHuge stone fortresses once held the Crusader states together. Locate five of them.Map
- 13th-century battles: Mamluks, Mongols and CrusadersIn the 1200s the Mamluks stopped both the Mongols and the last Crusades. Find the battlefields and ports.Map
- Places of Salahuddin AyyubiFollow Salahuddin Ayyubi from his birthplace to the cities he held and the fortresses he built.Map
Subcontinent north
- Mughal monuments of Delhi and AgraRed sandstone, white marble and Mughal gardens: five monuments of Delhi and Agra.Map
- Mughal LahoreLahore's Mughal fort, gardens and mosques, placed on the map.Map
- Ghurid and Delhi Sultanate landmarksFrom Ghor's minaret to Delhi's towers: places that mark the Delhi Sultanate.Map
- From Babur to Akbar and Sher ShahThree rulers, five places: battles, a tomb and a short-lived capital.Map
- Forts and halting places of the north-west frontierFortresses and halting places guarding the road from Kabul to the Punjab.Map
- Mahmud of Ghazni and the road to IndiaThe Ghaznavid road into the subcontinent, from Afghanistan to Multan.Map
- Sufi shrines and saints of the subcontinentShrines that draw millions every year, from Ajmer to Sehwan.Map
- Sindh's early Islamic sites, tombs and fortsDebal, Mansura, Thatta and more: the early Islamic story of Sindh.Map
Andalus maghreb
- Great cities of al-AndalusCórdoba's palaces, Seville's towers and Granada's Alhambra: five jewels of al-Andalus.Map
- Imperial cities of MoroccoFez, Marrakesh, Rabat, Meknes and Tetouan: the cities of Morocco's dynasties.Map
- Early Muslim cities of Tunisia and AlgeriaThe first Muslim cities of Tunisia, from Kairouan to Mahdia.Map
- Landings and first conquests in IberiaFrom the first raid to the first cities: how Muslim armies entered Iberia.Map
- Almoravid, Almohad and Nasrid turning points in SpainFive battles and conquests that shifted the balance between Muslim and Christian Spain.Map
- Southern Spanish cities that fell to Castile and AragonSouthern Spanish and Balearic cities and the campaigns that took them from Muslim rule.Map
- Cradles of the Maghreb's dynastiesVillages, oases and battlefields where Maghreb dynasties began.Map
- Islamic heritage of the Sahel and West AfricaMud-brick mosques, gold trade and great manuscript libraries in West Africa and the Nile.Map
- Algeria's Islamic heritage: ports, capitals and a famous retreatPorts, capitals and a famous retreat: five places in Algeria's Islamic history.Map
Ottoman
- Ottoman capitals and princes' citiesFrom a small Anatolian town to Constantinople: the capitals and the princes' cities of the Ottomans.Map
- Turning points from Seljuk to Ottoman Anatolia and the BalkansManzikert, Ankara, Varna: five turning points on the road from Seljuks to Ottomans.Map
- Campaigns of Suleiman the MagnificentBelgrade, Rhodes, Mohács, Buda and Szigetvár: place the campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent.Map
- Ottomans on the Danube and in HungaryDanube forts, Hungarian towns and the gates of Vienna.Map
- Mediterranean naval battles and sieges of the Ottoman agePreveza, Lepanto, Djerba, Malta and Navarino: five sea fights and sieges of the Ottoman age.Map
- Ottoman ports and islands from the Aegean to AcehOttoman ports and islands stretched from the Aegean to Sumatra.Map
- Seljuk heritage of AnatoliaCarved portals, hospitals and caravanserai: the heritage of the Anatolian Seljuks.Map
- Cities on Anatolia's Ottoman and Seljuk frontiersCities on the eastern and western frontiers of the Seljuk and Ottoman worlds.Map
- Ottoman cities of the BalkansBridges, bazaars and mosques left by Ottoman rule in the Balkans.Map
Caliphates
- Umayyad palaces and citiesDesert palaces, bath houses and planned towns left by the Umayyads.Map
- Abbasid capitalsThe cities from which the Abbasid caliphs ruled, from Merv to Samarra.Map
- Muslim rule in southern Europe: Sicily, Italy and FranceMuslim rule reached Sicily, southern Italy and France. Place five of its footholds.Map
- Battles that shaped the Umayyad and Abbasid worldFive battles from Tours to Talas that shaped the Umayyad and Abbasid worlds.Map
- Medieval Muslim trade hubs: Silk Road and Indian OceanGulf ports, Silk Road oases and Red Sea harbours that moved the medieval world's goods.Map
- Capitals of the Central and West Asian dynastiesCapitals of the great dynasties of Persia, Central Asia and Anatolia.Map
Scholars
- Birthplaces of the great hadith and tafsir scholarsFive towns that gave Islam its great hadith collectors and its first great historian.Map
- Birthplaces of Islam's scientists and philosophersWhere Razi, Farabi, al-Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, and al-Ghazali came from or ended up.Map
- Observatories and centres of learningObservatories, hospitals and paper towns: where medieval Muslim science happened.Map
- Places on famous medieval Muslim journeysIbn Battuta, Ibn Fadlan and Zheng He: five stops on great medieval journeys.Map
Middle east heritage
Bengal
- Places of the Bengal SultanateThe capitals and key towns of the Bengal Sultanate.Map
- Sultanate-era mosques of BengalFive terracotta, brick and stone mosques of Sultanate Bengal in Bangladesh.Map
- Landmarks of Old DhakaForts, caravanserai and palaces of Old Dhaka.Map
- Mughal Bengal: capitals, forts and portsCapitals, forts and ports of Mughal Bengal.Map
- Bengal's heritage and turning pointsA mosque city, an ancient fortress, a Nawabi capital and a battlefield: Bengal's heritage.Map
Deccan south
- The Bahmani and Deccan sultanatesFive capitals of the Bahmani sultanate and its successors.Map
- Mughals in the DeccanThe long Mughal campaigns in the Deccan, from Talikota's aftermath to Aurangzeb's grave.Map
- Regional sultanates and coastal Islam in IndiaMalwa, Gujarat, Jaunpur and the coast: regional sultanates and early mosques.Map
- Hyderabad, Mysore, Bhopal and the Company eraA minaret city, a tiger's capital and the battles that opened the Company era.Map
Early Islam
- The Rightly Guided Caliphs QuizAbu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali: a mixed quiz on the first four caliphs.Mixed
- The Prophet's Life: Timeline QuizHijrah, Badr, Hudaybiyyah, Makkah: put the key events in order.Mixed
- Companions of the Prophet QuizBilal, Khalid, Salman and others: who were they and what did they do?Multiple choice
Dynasties
- Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphs QuizDamascus to Baghdad: five questions on the two great caliphates.Mixed
- Ottoman Sultans QuizFrom Osman to the end of the sultanate: mixed questions on the Ottoman Empire.Mixed
- Mongols and the Muslim World QuizBaghdad 1258 and Ain Jalut 1260: mixed questions on the Mongol invasions.Mixed