Match the following:

Gurjara-Pratiharas                   Western Deccan
Rashtrakutas                               Bengal
Palas                                 Gujarat and Rajasthan
Cholas                                      Tamil Nadu

What are the difficulties historians face in using manuscripts?

What changes took place in varna-based society?

In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries?

Do you think merchants and bankers today have the kind of influence they had in the eighteenth century?

What were the policies adopted by Asaf Jah to strengthen his position?

How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?

How were the Sikhs organised in the eighteenth century?

What was the impact of the Mongol invasions on the Delhi Sultanate?

How was the administration of the Ahom state organised?

Why do you think many teachers rejected prevalent religious beliefs and practices?

What are the difficulties historians face in using manuscripts?

What kind of irrigation works were developed in the Tamil region?

What were the activities associated with Chola temples?

Why did the Mughals emphasise their Timurid and not their Mongol descent?

Match the following:

subadar                                                 a revenue farmer
faujdar                                                   a high noble
ijaradar                                                  provincial governor
misl                                                       Maratha peasant warriors
chauth                                                   a Mughal military commander
kunbis                                                    a band of Sikh warriors
umara                                                   tax levied by the Marathas

In what ways was the history of the Gonds different from that of the Ahoms? Were there any similarities?

Do you think merchants and bankers today have the kind of influence they had in the eighteenth century?

Why were the Delhi Sultans interested in cutting down forests? Does deforestation occur for the same reasons today?

What was the role of the zamindar in Mughal administration?

How important was the income from land revenue to the stability of the Mughal Empire?