Day: July 7, 2018

Discuss the region-centric approach of the decline of the Mughal Empire. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: There are two approaches regarding the decline of the Mughal Empire: Empire centric approach Region centric approach The region-centric approach: The perspective goes out of the precincts of the Empire into the regions to look for the causes of turmoil or instability in […]

Critically evaluate Barani’s account as a source of history of Medieval India. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Ziauddin Barani (b. 1285), the celebrated author of Tarikh-i-Firoze Shahi, has been rated the greatest of all the contemporary historians of the early medieval India. Barani joined the imperial court under Muhammad bin Tughluq. Tarikh-i-Firoze Shahi Using mainly hearsay evidence and […]