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Discuss the role of the begums of Bhopal in preserving the stupa at Sanchi.
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Read this short inscription and answer:-
In the year 33 of the maharaja Huvishka (a Kushana ruler), in the first month of the hot season on the eighth day, a Bodhisatta was set up at Madhuvanaka by the bhikkhuni Dhanavati, the sister’s daughter of the bhikkhuni Buddhamita, who knows the Tipitaka, the female pupil of the bhikkhu Bala, who knows the Tipitaka, together with her father and mother.
- How did Dhanavati date her inscription?
- Why do you think she installed an image of the Bodhisatta?
- Who were the relatives she mentioned?
- What Buddhist text did she know?
- From whom did she learn this text?
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Why Was the Jotedar a Powerful Figure in Many Areas of Rural Bengal?
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How Did Zamindars Manage to Retain Control Over Their Zamindaris?
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How Did the Paharias Respond to the Coming of Outsiders?
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Write a note on the Kitab-ul-Hind.
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Why were many zamindaris auctioned after the Permanent Settlement?
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Why Did the Mutinous Sepoys in Many Places Turn to Erstwhile Rulers to Provide Leadership to the Revolt?
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Explain with examples what historians mean by the integration of cults.
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Discuss the Extent to Which Religious Beliefs Shaped the Events of 1857.
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What have been the methods used to study the ruins of Hampi over the last two centuries? In what way do you think they would have complemented the information provided by the priests of the Virupaksha temple?
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Write a short essay (250-300 words) on the following:
Examine any two sources presented in the chapter, choosing one visual and one text, and discuss how these represent the point of view of the victor and the vanquished.
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What Do the Terms “White” and “Black” Town Signify?
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To what extent is it possible to characterise agricultural production in the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries as subsistence agriculture? Give reasons for your answer.
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Write a Short Essay (250-300 Words) on the Following:
How Were Urban Centres Transformed During the Eighteenth Century?
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What do private letters and autobiographies tell us about an individual? How are these sources
different from official accounts?
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Assess the role played by women of the imperial household in the Mughal Empire.
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What were the concerns that shaped Mughal policies and attitudes towards regions outside the subcontinent?
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Why did some people think of Partition as a very sudden development ?
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How did ordinary people view Partition?
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