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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
Term-End Examination
June, 2016


ELECTIVE COURSE HISTORY
EHI-03 INDIA FROM 8th CENTURY TO 15th CENTURY A.D.
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: This question paper has three sections. The students have to attempt any two questions in about 500 words each from Section any four questions in about 250 words each from Section II and any two short notes in about 100 words each from Section III. The marks are mentioned against each question.

SECTION I

1. What were merchant guilds Discuss the role played by Aiyyavole guild in the expansion of trading activities in South India. 20

2. Critically examine the nature of Indian polity between 8th to 13th centuries. 20

3. Discuss the salient features of local administration of the Vijayanagara Empire. 20

4. Critically examine the salient features of revenue administration under the Delhi Sultans. 20

SECTION II

5. Discuss the salient features of Bhakti movement from 13th to 15th centuries in India. 12

6. Describe the central administrative machinery of the Delhi Sultans. 12

7. Provide a brief survey of Persian sources for Delhi Sultanate. 12

8. Who were Samantas What functions did they perform in the early medieval period? 12

9. Critically examine the composition of the ruling class under the Delhi Sultans. 12

10. Provide a brief account of the development of Hindi literature during the 13th to 15th centuries. 12

11. Enumerate the position of women in the Sultanate period. 12

12. Write a note on the development of music in the 13th to 15th centuries. 12

SECTION III

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

Hero-stones

Kingdom of Sind

Chishti Sufis

Paintings during Delhi Sultanate