Day: August 25, 2017

Evaluate the ownership of land in ancient India on the basis of literary and epigraphic sources. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The debate regarding the ownership of land in ancient India has focused on assessing the evidence for communal/corporate ownership (i.e. ownership in the hands of the village community), royal ownership, and private ownership. Communal / Corporate ownership Although […]

“Ancient Indians had no taste for historiography; their scholars cared more for religious, spiritual and philosophical studies. Indian historiography is essentially an Islamic heritage.” Comment upon this statement with special reference to the contemporary writers and their works which help us in the reconstruction of history of the early medieval period of Indian history. [60m] ©selfstudyhistory.com […]

 Q. “Curzon  was  an  unconscious  catalyst  who  did  not  understand,  let  alone  desire,  what  the new  century  was  about  to bring forth, but who helped it  to  be born.”  Comment.  [20m]  Q. “The  emergence  of  the  Congress  in  1885  the  culmination  of  a  process  of political awakening that  had its beginning  in the  1870s.” Comment. […]

Medieval India: Previous Years’ Questions with Solutions Click here to get enrolled to access previous years solved papers 1. Early Medieval India, 750-1200 (i)             Polity: Major political developments in Northern India and the Peninsula, origin and the rise of Rajputs (ii)           The Cholas: administration, village economy and society (iii)         Indian Feudalism; Agrarian economy and urban […]