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Identify the fa Uowing places marked on tl1 e map supplied to you and write a
short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum-Answer
Booklet Locational hints foT each of the places marked on the map are giV(..'11 below
seriatim. 50

(i) l4 ｾｬｱ＠ I'l fiiJ04 ｾＴＺｲ＠ (xi) 311 (iilM;- ｾ＠ ｾ＠

Megali lhlc buriaL site Ear1y agricultural centre

(ii) Ｂｦ ｕｾ＠ q ｐｾ＠ I oftq ｾ＠ (xii) 3'11<filtlfi ｾＱＴ ＠ｊ q:; IMl'1 ｾ＠

Cha1co1ithic site Early Harnppam site

(iii) ｾＧＶＱ＠ (x.iii) ｾ＠

Cave paintings An ancaent temple

(iv) '9;< I,Gｉｾ＠ I Ul !:fi Iｦｩｾ＠ ｬｾ＠ (xiv) ＼ ｴ ＢｗＮｦｆｾ＠ ＠ｾ ｡ ｩ ｾｬＨＬｱ［＠ ＠ｾ

Paleolithic site Politica)i and CLl]tural ccn tre

{v) <IGI tfl ftl ii6 ｾ＠

ｾ＠ it¥frl Cfi ｾ＠ (xv) ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ＢＱｾｻＴ＠
Poi"Etical and Cultural centre An ancient sea port

(vi) lfCiif ｾ＠ (i;j chi ｾ＠ (xvi) ｾ＠

Tcrraootta centre Buddhist ·centre
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( jj) ｾｬ｣ｴ ｬ ｲｴ＠ ｾ＠ (xvii)
Harappan s,ite lnscriplional site

(viii) ｾ＠ ･ｩｾｒｉＴＱ＠ ｾ＠ (Xviii) ｾ＠ ｾ ｾ ｾＢｬＧＱ＠ (I\11EIIwfl

Vaishnava cultural site An ancient capital

(ix) ｾｦｗｩ＠ (x.ix) ｾ＠

Painted Grey Ware site A Jaina. centre

{X) e1 Hi '"I It!W»ifl'£1 ｾ＠ {xx) Wf1 ｓｦ ｬｾｲｴ＠ ｾ＠

Chalcolithic site An ancient capital

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2.(a) ｡ｵ＼ｦｩｴｾ＠ ｜ｬｴ＼ｾＢｦ＠ ｾｒｴ ｩ ｦｴｩｱ［＠ qM <I, ｾ＠ fifi ｾ＠ ｾｒｬｭＺ｡＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ Ｑ ｒｩｬＧＱ｡＠ ｾＮ＠ ｾ＠
WfiR ｾｳｦ＿＠ fuft ｾｦＡｓｬ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＿＠
How did the early Indian historica I trad idon, as :reflected [n ltihasa-Purana.
emerge? What are the distincti ve features of this genre 1 20

2._(b) ｾＩ＼ ｩ Ｑ＿Ｔｩ＼ｦ＠ m'lfq' ｾ＠ ･ ｬＴｴｾ＠ ｾ＠ 1:RA ｾ＠ 't'lnnAtr ｴ ｬ ｴｩ ｩ ｴｇ Ｎ ｾ＠ 3lk <l'if""11Rtqi ｾ＠ qi1f

ｾ＠ Ｑｭｾ＠ ｾＬ＠ ｾ＠ ｭｾ＠ ｾＭ･ｎｩ＠ •

ｦ｣ Ｍ ＢＱ Ｑ ｕ ＦＱ ｾｯｴＥ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ .q '6' ｾ＠ tflr ｉ Ｇ Ｇｾ ｾ＠ ｣ｑ ｐＱｾ＠ I
ｾﾷａｲ｣ｨ｡･ｯ evidence does :nol ｧｩｶｴｾ＠ direct access to the possible social and ｬｯ ｧｩ｣｡ｬ＠
political d1monsions of the decline of the Harappan civilization. \Vhat it d'QeS
indicate very clearly is thal the Harappan cult1.1r'e underwent a gradual process of
de.-urbanizatioo»? Cormncnt. 15

l .(c) ｔｦｖＭｾ＠ <""' ＨＱ｜ｩ ｬ ｴｬｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｧ ｵ ｵ ｦ ｾ Ｇｬ Ｎ ｩ Ｉ＠ 'ifiT MC4('Jf ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｉｾ＠ ll<V1 ｾ＠ q]RIJf

ｾ＿＠

Giv.e an ｡｣ｯｾｮｴ＠ of gana-sanghas (non-monMchical state systerm) 1 Why did they

decline? lS

3.(a) ifqf 5Tttr ｾ＠ ｾ Ｍ ＡｬＧｩＴｾ､＠ 11"0 ｩｴｾ＠ f flt ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ ｾ ｾ ＧＱ ｩｦ＠ ｾＮ｣ｩｴ＠ lfit
((Cfll t+i Ch aiR ＳＱｾｒｍ［＠ ｾ｡＠ ｾ＠ J11Jftt4l ｾ＠ ｾｴ ＢＧＱ Ｑｦ ｬ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ?
Do you agree with the popular vi.ew that Mauryas established a unitary and highly
centralized i_f not monolithic state system ? 20
J.{b) "3t'l1R ih ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾｃｍ Ｇ ＢＴＧＱｬ＠ ｾ＠ 1Jtt, ｾＭｴｲｩ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ il, ;aqPJt(cfttt f4:cnu it ｾ ﾷ＠ I
f44"tl rt l ｣ｨｬｾｴ＠ I

The concept of Shnunanic religi·o ns, wi1h parti cnlar reference to Buddhism. had
their roots in Upanisadic ideas. Discuss. 15

J . {c) u ｦ＿｡ ｴｩｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｴｲｾ＠ ｗｉＭｾ＠ RC6R01 ｾ＠ ｾ＠ U\ilf m" Ｈｾ＠ 'Q. 'Q?f ｾＱＶｦｴＩ＠
ｾ＠ ｾ ｲ＠ it ｾ＠ mrm-r; ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ·t:R fcrtm ｾ＠ 4i'!RIIct 1
ｾＧｄｯｵ ｢ ｴｬ･ｳ＠ at was not a. free staLe; 1t was any rate a state'' (K A Sa.wi). Refl!ect
upon the nature of loc:aJ self government institutions in the Cbola country. 15

4.(a) ｾ＠ mtf llmif 1f ｾｦ Ｍ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ Ｇｦｾ ｲ Ｂ ｱ Ｍ ｾ＠ d!lt41< qif mm ｾ＠ tH*i it'Gtif' aft\

ｾｩｦＧ｡＠ ｾ＠ tR. cp;rr ﾷ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 7

\Vhat was fue impact of trans-regional and tnms-continantal trade in the post
Maurya.tl period on social and eultur.aJ .l iJe of India ? 20

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it 'Sffu;- ｾ＠ 3i I f4il MEJ)1" ｾ Ｇ ｱＨｏ ｉ＠ ｾ＠ I

"Utpa_nn dravi(lc bhaktih, Karn,!\ te vriddhimaga ta I

Sthita kinchit maharashtrc: gurjuro ｪ ｩｾ｡ｴｬｭ＠ gata ｾｉＢ＠
- Padmapurln a
Account fo:r the emergence of bhakri in Dravida dcsa. J5

4 •.(c) ｾ Ｍ ｱ ｬｩｦＡｎ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ GRrrr ｾ＠ crn:rT aft'( ｾ ｃｦｩｾｈ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 1R ｾ＠ ｩｦｬｳｾ＠ I

Discuss the experimentations with art a11d arcbitcctnre during the Gupta- Vakataka
period. 15

f.!IGig ·'B' SECTIO 'B'

S. ｦｲ ｲ ｦＴＱｾＨｴｬ＠ if ll ｾ＠ w.A ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｲ Ｈ＾ｪＴ Ｇ ｦｩｾＴＱ＠ l50 ｾ＠ ij ｾ＠ ｾ＠
Answer the foUowing questions in about 150 words each; 1 Ox5=50
5.(a) ｵｾ＠ 3ft\ ;i(Eq< cfil ｴｨＵＱｾｬｩｪ＠ ;r ｾＢｩｦ＠ ｾ ｬｦｴｲｩ＠ ｾ＠ ;.f'R 'Uit t-.ft'"' ｾ＠ fiiM I<'[+ti ｾ＠
*'l\}((t '
wrhe battles ofTarain and Chandawilf brid the fou11dations ofTurkisb role in India"'.
Elaborate. 10
s.(b) lffti"'• ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ l ｭｴｲｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ wn ｾＭ＠ lR ｾ＠ ｾ＠ m!ftf *t i4crrt'11
｣ｦｬｾＭ［＠ ｾ＠
Discu.ss evidence on slavery provided by Ibn Baruta with special reference to
ferrudo slaves. 10
5.(c) ｾ＠ ｒｉｾ ＧＱｉ Ｑ＠ ＠ｾ 31tftrr ｾ＠ ｾＰ｜ｦｬ ｬ｣ｨ＠ lt ｾｦ｡＠ ｾ＠ ｦＧ･ｬ｡ｾＱ＠ ｦｩＩｾ｣ ｱ＠ I
Discuss the advancen1ent made in Texti le Tedmology under the Delhi S.wums.
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5.(d) ｾ＠ ｾｩｦ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾｒｴ＠ ｾ＠ iH1'fWi Ｂｩｬｲｾ＠ ｾｬ､ｆ＠ tu, ｾ＠ ＠ｾ '*1 ｾ＠ fcRr ｾ＠
i\ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ "W ｾｩｴ＠ ﾷＭ ｾｃｍＧｉＢ＠ ｾ＠ ｾｒｩ ｬ ｩｴ＠ ＼ｉｔｾ＠ ft"5,i'4 ｾ＠ ＠ｾ ｾ＠ I" fbqoft
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Akbar wished to assert his strong belief in God, but his ,c oncept of the way Ood
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is to, be WOTSbipped was independ(,_-nt of either orthodox Islam. or Hinduism".

Comment. 10

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Discus s tbc literatu re written in Hindi in Mugha l India. 10

6.(a) ｡ｴｾｱ［＠ 1lm &lh:ni'l ｾ＠ ifi ｾ＠ \ifl'fa "4iT otR ｾ Ｍ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ w\iGclffi ｾ＠ ｾ＠ "ibJ

tt'ltffl ...."'HfflCfi ｾｦｩｬ＠ chlMC( I

Critica lly analyze the chang ing nature of caste and gender relatio ns during
the early
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medie val period.

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6.(b) ﾷＡｾ＠ CiiT
qr' ' I ｚＢｩＧｾｦ ｾＨＧｊｉ＠ ｾ＠ ｾＧ＠ ｾ＠ (ri)l"t 'I
.. Al.1 in'lpOrtanr ｦ･ｾｴｊＮＺｲ＠ of agriculture in Mughal India 'lut:s been the laerge number of
I5
crops raised by the peasan tsn. JlltlStmte by giving examp les.

6 ..(c) ｾＡｬｴ｡＼Ｚ＠ ｾ ｬ ＨＧｦｩｴｬ＠ ｾ＠ Mtt'ii•r ｾ＠ 1iitffur ｾ＠

ｾ＠ r:i1m ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ｣ｩｴｦｬ＠ tn fii&a&1 -;;-r

ｾ＠ ｾ＠ cg- ｾ＠ ｾＢ＠ I «11$41 cmPlE{ I

staned the
"The policy of creatin g hetero geneo us nobili ty by Muham1nad Tughlu q
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p,roccss of disin tegrati on of Dclbi Sultan ate''. Explain.

am ｾＨＫｩｬｦｴ＠ fif<!'kt il\ ｾ ﾭ

7+(a) "¥:liT 3IN ｾ＠
､ｩ＼ｴ ｾ＠ lfiT >rmq ｾ｜ｊｩｱｲｰｬＧＨ＠
culture
ｾ＠ fcfi >llttiif!tftll '5lffif U (M;fJftlq;
ｾ＠ q;y ｾ＠ anｾ＠ * QfU
ｾ＠ t.IT 7

Do you agree that c.onvcrgence of political vacuu m and 1mpact of ｬｳ ｬ ｡ｭｩ｣ｴｾ＠

nagarn
and -polity in penins ular India has much to do with Lhe growth of Vijaya
15
kingd om?

7.(b) ｾ＠ it, tr44t<1 ｾ＠ Amvr it 3HjSE.flw1 tlt>a liift ｾ＠ ｾ＠ Tfi{ ctl'ftlcticllt"'it'fi ｾ｣ｬ･ｇｮ＠ lfiT

'fOR Ji) ｦ＿ｊ｡ｾ＠ ｾ＠

Descnbe the ne\ a:rchitcctu.raJ fe:rtures added by Sllccessive Sultans in the
lO
construction of Tombs i1n India.

ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ii • ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾＬ＠ ｾ＠ ｾｩｴＮ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｴｬ ｬｾ ｾｬ＠ ｾ＠ 1Frr

7.(c) ｴ ｬｦｾ＠ trmi
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Indio. in
What was the ro1e of Sufi Folk literatu re in the diffusi on of [s[am jn
l5
genera l and in Decca n in particular.

a.(a) ｾ＠ ｾ＠ lti ｾ＠ Jt4l<:Ffl ､ｬｩｾ ｬ＠ ｾ＠ ｾＭｒ Ｐ Ｑ ｭｲ＠ 14€M#t ｾｑｉ＠ ｾ＠ 1mt1 wｾ＠ 'tfruf

ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｊｴｦＭｾ＠ it ｊｴＫｦｾｩｪ＠ ｾ＠ MiU\tt 'fflft ｾ＠ ｾ＠ mqgFf ｾｉ＠

describ e
Discus s the worki ng of Zamin dan System under the Mugbal rulers. Also
ｩｾ＠
the ro'e played by the Zamin dars in the agraria n ec.onomy of Mugba l ｨＱ､
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ｾＬ＠ I ｾ＠ "fl4 [ftlctl SH¥1h1 ｾｲｵｦｴ＠ it ｾ＠ 1.1 ｾ＠ q lfgq;(Oll<"+lCh aflt ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ §:fA 6Z
ｾ ｾ ｾ＠
"7bc art of building was carried to highest ､･ｧｲ ｾ ･＠ of perfection uodcr ｓｨ ｡ ｨｪ｡ｮﾷｾ Ｎ＠
lllustrate by giving architectural details of l wo of his mosr celebrat ed bui Idings.
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8.(c) II J8 eft ｾ＠ ｾＮ＠ ｾＧＢｨｴ ｬ ｬＧＢ＠ JI ISiflfluil ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾｈｉｇＴ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 31MINPrq;eu em t\ ｾ＠
-3\Jl[¥1( tf ｾ＠ ｾＮ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ q} ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ mu ｾ＠ ｾ＠ " Rit't:t I
'The Afghan invasion s in the Eighteenth Century not only signified the military
ｩ ｲ･ ｬ ｾ ･ｶ｡ｮ｣＠ of the Mu,gbal Empire but also hastened its dcc1ine.... Explain. 15

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