INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ghiyasuddin Balban (1266-1287) was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda’. He started Sijda (prostration) and Paibos as the normal form of Salutation of the king. In Sijda people had to Kneel down and touch the ground with their head to greet the Sultan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Balban introduced Sijdah (prostration) and Paibos (kissing the feet of the sultan in the court) as the normal form of salutation for the Sultan.

Detailed explanation-3: -because he wanted to restore the power and prestige of the monarchy. 3. Balban wanted the people to look up to the sultan.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ghiyasuddin Balban (1266-1287 AD) sultan of Delhi. He brought back peace and order in the state and restored the power and prestige of the sultan after a period of thirty years of near anarchy since the days of iltutmish (d 1236).

Detailed explanation-5: -Balban enhanced the power of the monarchy. He introduced rigorous court discipline and new customs like prostration (sajida) and kissing the Sultan’s feet (paibos) to prove his superiority over the nobles. He introduced the Persian festival of Nauroz to impress the nobles and people with his wealth and power.