What does the term pan-regional empire mean?
Pan – regional empire describes the empire crossing its region and spreading over various other regions. The dynasties such as cholas, khaljis, tughluqs and mughals expand their empires pan regional. Most of the regions across the subcontinent were left with the legacies of the large and small states that had ruled over them.
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?
How was water supplied to the city of Thanjavur?
How is the “trabeate” principle of architecture different from the “arcuate”?
Match the following:
garh khel
tanda chaurasi
labourer caravan
clan Garha Katanga
Sib Singh Ahom state
Durgawati paik
State whether true or false:
(a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.
(b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.
(c) Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.
(d) Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.
What role did the Yamuna play in the layout of the new Mughal city at Shahjahanabad?
How was the administration of the Ahom state organised?
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
Who were the major patrons of Kathak?
What were the steps taken to ensure that muqtis performed their duties? Why do you think they may have wanted to defy the orders of the Sultans?