NCERT solutions for History - Themes in Indian History [English] Class 12 chapter 9 - Kings And Chronicles: The Mughal Courts [Latest edition]

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Describe the process of manuscript production in the Mughal court.

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In what ways would the daily routine and special festivities associated with the Mughal court have conveyed a sense of the power of the emperor?

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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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Discuss the major features of Mughal provincial administration. How did the centre control the provinces?

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Discuss, with examples, the distinctive features of Mughal chronicles.

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To what extent do you think the visual material presented in this chapter corresponds with Abu’l Fazl’s description of the taswir (Source 1)?

Source 1 :- (In praise of taswir)

Abu’l Fazl held the art of painting in high esteem:-

Drawing the likeness of anything is called taswir. His Majesty from his earliest youth, has shown a great predilection for this art, and gives it every encouragement, as he looks upon it as a means both of study and amusement. A very large number of painters have been set to work. Each week, several supervisors and clerks of the imperial workshop submit before the emperor the work done by each artist, and His Majesty gives a reward and increases the monthly salaries of the artists according to the excellence displayed. .... Most excellent painters are now to be found, and masterpieces, worthy of a Bihzad, may be placed at the side of the wonderful works of the European painters who have attained worldwide fame. The minuteness in detail, the general finish and the boldness of execution now observed in pictures are incomparable; even inanimate objects look as if they have life. More than a hundred painters have become famous masters of the art. This is especially true of the Hindu artists. Their pictures surpass our conception of things. Few, indeed, in the whole world are found equal to them.

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What were the distinctive features of the Mughal nobility? How was their relationship with the emperor shaped?

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Identify the elements that went into the making of the Mughal ideal of kingship.

Map work

On an outline map of the world, plot the areas with which the Mughals had political and cultural relations.