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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME

(\.1 Term-End Examination

June, 2013 C\..1

ELECTIVE COURSE : HISTORY

EHI-03 : INDIA FROM 8th CENTURY TO 15th CENTURY A.D.

Time : 3 hours MaXi11111111 Marks : 100

Note : Attempt any two questions from Section-I in about

500 words each. Any four questions from Section-II in

about 250 words each and two short notes in about

100 words each from Section-III. The marks are

mentioned against each question.

SECTION-I

1. Discuss the nature of urbanisation in India from 20

the eighth to the thirteenth centuries.

2. Write an essay on peasants and rural 20

intermediaries in the Sultanate period.

3. Examine the chief characteristics of political 20

structure which emerged in Western and Central

India in the early medieval period.

4. Describe the administrative and political structure 20

under the Delhi Sultanate.

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SECTION-II

5. Trace the process of establishment and 12

consolidation of the Vijaynagar empire.

6. Write a note on the technology introduced by the 12

Turks in the textile sector.

7. Examine the political relations of the Sultanate of 12

Gujarat with its neighbouring powers.

8. Analyse the factors which led to the emergence 12

of Bhakti movement in India ?

9. Discuss the growth of Persian language and 12

literature in India.

10. Explain the main features of architectural forms 12

and styles under the Sultanate.

11. Give a brief account of the nature of foreign trade 12

during the Sultanate period.

12. Discuss the nature of political structure in South 12

India from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries.

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SECTION-HI

13. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each : 6+6=12

(a) Iqta system

(b) Sufis and the State

(c) Medieval music

(d) Tamil literature

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