Day: August 26, 2017

Write a short essay on: “The Token Currency System introduced by Muhammad Tughluq.” ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Muhammad bin Tughlaq wanted to reform the currency system. An experiment which was launched by Muhammad bin Tughlaq after the exodus to Deogiri in 1329-30, was the token currency. He issued coins of copper and brass which were to exchange […]

Write a short essay on: “Muhammad Tughluq as an agrarian innovator.” ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: After coming to the throne, Md. Tughluq increased the land revenue demanded from the cultivators. New cesses were levied and old cesses, grazing tax (charai) and house tax (ghari) were collected in rigourous manner. This increased burden on the farmers excessively. His […]

Examine the responsibility of Firuz Tughluq for the fall of his dynasty. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Though no individual sultan can be held responsible for the downfall of the Delhi sultanat, some of the responsibility for the fall of Sultanat lies with Firoz Tughluq: Even before Firuz Tughlaq closed his eyes, the Sultanat of Delhi began to […]

Write a short essay on: “Amir Khusrau was an eminent poet not a historian.” ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Amir Khusrau (c.1252-1325) was a poet and genius as a writer. He adorned the courts of all the sultans from Balban to Ghiasuddin Tughluq as the poet laureate. He was popularly known as Tuti e Hind-‘the parrot of India’. […]

Where, when and how did Urdu originate? Ans: Scholars have advanced several theories to explain the origin of the Urdu language in the era following the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate. Several opinions have been expressed on the identity of the dialect of Hindi on which the Persian’ element was grafted resulting in the growth […]

Write a short essay on: “Ziauddin Barani as a historian.”  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Ziauddin Barani enjoys a distinguished place among historians in the medieval times. Barani wrote several texts, e.g., Inayatnama-i-llahi, Hasaratnama, Fatwah-i-Jahandari, Tarikh- i-Firuz Shahi, etc. Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi Among his works, Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi (1357) is the most important soure of the history of the Delhi […]

Write a short essay on: “Indo-Islamic architecture during the Khalji and Tughluq period.” ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Khalji Period The Khalji period saw a lot of building activity. In the evolution of Indo-Islamic architecture, Khalji period occupies a key position as it exhibits a distinct influence of the Selijuq architecture (Turkish tribe ruling over Central Asia and […]

Identify the main factors that sustained the expansion of urban economy in the Delhi Sultanate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The archaeological and numismatic evidence corroborates the literary evidence of growth of towns and expansion of urban economy in the Sultanate period. Some of the major towns mentioned in the contemporary sources are Delhi, Multan, Anhilwara, Cambay, Kara, […]

Examine the increasing importance of maritime trade of India during thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Throughout the Sultanate era during 13th and 15th centuries, maritime trade was in a flourishing state. India had an old tradition of trade with West Asia and extending through it to the Mediterranean world, as also to Central Asia, […]