List some of the technological changes associated with this period.

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?

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

The rich and powerful construct large houses today. In what ways were the constructions of kings and their courtiers different in the past?

How were the Sikhs organised in the eighteenth century?

What was the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans?

How were the debates with religious scholars important in the formation of Akbar’s ideas on governance?

What were the central provinces under the control of the Mughals?

Raziyya Sultan was unique in the history of the Delhi Sultanate. Do you think women leaders are accepted more readily today?

How did a temple communicate the importance of a king?

What were the activities associated with Chola temples?

Why do you think ordinary people preserved the memory of Mirabai?