How did tribal societies change after being organised into a state?
The tribal societies changes are as follows:
- they initiated to involve a centralized administrative system.
- Someone social division within a tribal society also took place.
- Tribal kings started to grant land to brahmanas, poets and scholars.
- Tribal kings also prayed to be reconized as other famous king of the subcontinent.
- In order to build a large state, ahom used firearms.
- Tribal kingdoms began to annex smaller neighbouring kingdoms. For example, ahom annexed kingdoms of chhutiyas and Koch-hajo.
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?
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.
Why were temples built in Bengal?
Why do we know much more about the cultural practices of rulers than about those of ordinary people?
State whether true or false:
(a) We know the name of the architect of the Rajarajeshvara temple from an inscription.
(b) Merchants preferred to travel individually rather than in caravans.
(c) Kabul was a major centre for trade in elephants.
(d) Surat was an important trading port on the Bay of Bengal.
What is Manipravalam? Name a book written in that language.
What does the term pan-regional empire mean?
Match the following:
mansab Marwar
Mongol governor
Sisodiya Rajput Uzbeg
Rathor Rajput Mewar
Nur Jahan rank
subadar Jahangir
Who was considered a “foreigner” in the past?
Anantavarman Kerala
Jagannatha Bengal
Mahodayapuram Orissa
Lilatilakam Kangra
Mangalakavya Puri
Miniature Kerala
In what ways was craft production in cities like Calcutta different from that in cities like Thanjavur?