ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS

1. Give an account of impact of islam on the Indian culture in respect of society religion
and fine arts
2. Describe the patterns of land revenue system developed in midieval india and
examine their siginificant features.
3. How did shankaracharya seek to integrate the different religious cults in india
4. What are the factors responsible for opening and development of european trade
durring the 16th and 17th centuries
5. Was india civilized before the advent of aryans, give the striking features of then
earlier civilizations
6. How far is it correct to say that the indians of the ancient period inulged only in
metaphysical thinking and not in the development of pure sciences
7. Examine the role of guilds in economic life of ancient India
8. Discuss the cultural impact of south east asia during the ancient period.
9. What were the most significant contributions of kabir and guru nanak to bhakti
movement
10. What were the causes of origin oof heterodox sects in the sixth century BC
11. How was the overseas trade organised in the south india upto 300 A.D. discuss this
with special reference to roman trade and its impact on the indian economy
12. Which were the major european powers that are engaged in trade and trade with
india in midieval period. What were the chief items of trade
13. Where and how did urdu originate
14. Discuss briefly the causes that contributed the religious movements of the 15 th and
16 th century . Analyse their approach to the realities of the contemporary life.
15. The role of guilds in the economic life of india from 200 BC TO 300 AD
16. Harsha is describes as the lord of whole of north india. Determine the extent of his
empire and discuss his political relations shasanka bhaskaravarman and pulakesin
II
17. The period of delhi sultanate witnessed the emergence of indo persian culture,
discuss this statement with reference to the developments in the field of language,
literature, art and social life.
18. Discuss the social and economic factors for the rise of bhuddism. How far was it
influenced by the upanishadic thought
19. Harsha owes his greatness to not any real achievements but to formulate
descriptions by to famous men
20. Shankaracharyas' s philosophy and its impacty
21. Significance of bhakti movement
22. Intellectual revolution of the 6th century BC
23. Bring out the salient features of the religious developments in the post mauryan
period. How was the contemporary art influenced by it
24. The empire builder in the north india of the 16th century
25. The emergence of composite culture during the perriod of 16th and 18th centuries
26. Indian participation in silk trade through central asia
27. Shankaracharya brought about a synthesis of ideas and pilosophies. Discuss the
statement and bring out the historical significance of his life and thought
28. Discuss thee scientific and technological developments in ancient india
29. Discuss the military activities of kharavela of kalinga. Do you think his reign is
significant for military expeditons alone.?
30. Determine the veracity of megasthenese' description of indian society and economy
with the help of other contemporary evidence
31. Trace the scientific and technological developments in india upto AD 750
32. Ziauddin barani as a historian
33. Meaning and features of maharashtra dharma
34. Write a short notes on essence of early jainism
35. Historical significance ansd the advent of Arabs in India
36. The centuries between BC 200 and AD 300 constitute a landmark in the socio-
religious history of india - comment
37. How far is it true to say that the strength and vigour of the indian history during AD
500 - 750 lay in the south of the vindhyas
38. Comment on the land charters of the north india during (AD 750 - 1200)
39. Growth of regional languages and literature during the midieval period
40. Do you agree with the view that the advent of turks and mughals brought about
many changes in the means of production. Give reasons in support
41. Ancient indians had no taste for historiography ; their scholars cared more for
religious, spiritual and philosophical studies. Indian historiography is essentially a
islamic heritage...
42. Give an account of the society in northern and central india since the death of harsha
to the muslim conquest of northern india
43. Architectural and artistic features of the great stupa at sanchi
44. Write a shhort notes on nalanda mahavihara
45. Furnish a critical and comparative account of various schools of art in the post
mauryan period ( BC 200 -AD 300)
46. Write a short notes on al berunis India, nur jahan , 3rd battle of panipat
47. Rana pratap's patriotism was his only offence
48. Spanish ulcer ruined ruined napolean bonaparte, deccan ulcer ruined auranzeb.
49. Trace the influence of islam on indian culture and civilization
50. Amir khusro was an eminent poet not a historian.
51. The sufi movement and its role in promoting communal harmony
52. Write a short notes on the vedanta of shankaracharya, hemu vikramaditya savai jai
singh the astronomer
53. Evaluate the impact of sufi and bhakti movements on the development of vernacular
languages and life and thought of common people.?
54. Examine the proficiency of the ancient indians invarious crafts science and
mathematics
55. Write short notes on the origin of bhakti movement, babarnama as a source of
history,
56. Assess the pattern of settlement, economy, social organization and religion of india
during BC 2000 to BC 500 from archeological evidence.
57. Sixth century BC was a period of religious and economic unrest in India." comment
58. Examine the information of fa hien about the political religious social and economic
conditions of india. Make a comparative study of his account with that of Yuan
Chwang
59. Write a short notes on
60. Kalhana as a historian
61. Sufi movements
62. Chauth and sardeshmukhi
63. Attempt a critical essay of the indian science and civilization in the light of albeuni's
writing. What merits and drawbacks do you find in his account
64. What impact did kabir and nanak leave on Indian society and culture ?
65. Explain the social aspects of buddhism and account for its decline in india
66. Assess the status of women in india from 4th centurry BC to 6th century AD
67. Write a short notes on the samanta system, the bahamani kingdom, mughal
paintings, chaitanyadeva and vaishnavism
68. The tenets of the hindu and muslim mystics were similar enough that the ground
was ripe for syncretic movements involving adherents of both religions.
69. How do you characterize the 18th century of indian history.
70. Discuss the changing approaches to the study of indian history
71. Discuss the major stages of evolution of architecture during the ancient period
72. Write short notes on the
73. Khilji revolution
74. Sufism in north india
75. Religious tolerance of Akbar
76. Dara shukoh
77. Examine the factors that are responsible for opening and development of european
trade in india during the 16th and 17th centuries
78. Reconstruction of early indian history is hardly possible without the help of
inscriptions and coins
79. Rise and spread of budhism before the first century AD
80. Discuss the distribution and significance of farming cultures outside the Indus
system
81. How justified are we in characterizing thhe post- mauryan five centuries as dark
period of the Indian history
82. How do recent archeological evidence and sangam literature texts enlighten us
abbout the early state and society in south india
83. Delineate the striking features of agricultural and craft production in 16 th and 17th
centuries in india. How did they impact the social fabric of the country.
84. In what ways are the accounts of greaco romans and the chinese helpful in
reconstructing the social history of India ? How far is the information corroborated
by other contemporary sources.
85. Bring out the regional variations in the early south indian temples' architectural
sty;les
86. Write a short notes on the applicability of the term "Indian Feudalism" to the early
midieval society.
87. Give a critical assessment contributions of Amir Khusrau and barani to indo persian
literature.
88. To what extent archeological materials are useful in understanding the progress of
neolithic man in india
89. Assess the role of guilds and trade organizations in the development of early indian
economy
90. What light do early inscriptions and literature throw on the status of women in
politico - socio- economic spheres
91. Provide a comparative analysis of the development of arabic and persian
historioggraphy
92. Critically evaluate the approaches to study midieval indian towns
93. Examine the increasing importance off maritime trade of india during the 13th to
15th centuries
94. To what extent "monetary anaemia " afflicted erstwhile commercial economy during
the early midieval period.
95. Comment on the turko-mongol theory of sovereignity. To what extent was it
adopted by babur and humayun
96. What was Indian response to European technology?
97. How far do you agree that the temples in the early medieval period were catalysts in
spreading education ?
98. Trace the development of urbanization from the 3RD millenium BC to 6th century
BCE
99. Assess the importance of jain tenets and their relevance to humanity

1. Evaluate the introduction of iron technology in the development of human history of
ancient india
2. Discuss the types of lands and the science of agriculture as mentioned in the
literature and epigraphs of ancient india
3. Assess ellora as a unique art centre of the different cultural streams
4. What is your assessment of Ibn Batuta's rehla as an important source of history
5. Discuss the causes of the rise and growth of regional kingdoms with special
reference to the deccan in the 18th century.
6. Assess the contribution of cholas in the expansion of Indian culture outside india
7. Describe the extent, settlement pattern and subsistence economy of the megalithic
cultures.
8. Assess the educational system in early india and identify important educational
institutions of the period
9. Analyse the vibrant cultural activities in penisular india during 550-750 CE.
Compare and contrast it with the situation in contemporary north india
10. Evaluate rajatarangini as a source of history
11. Midieval indian towns were merely extension of villages. Comment
12. Assess the contribution of acharyas in the development of ideological basis of bhakti
13. Discuss the chaurapanchsika and jain styles of paintings. Can the former be called
the precursor of pothi format
14. How was the afghan nobility responsible for the decline of afghan empires ?
Discuss.