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Paper -I Section A
1. Write short answers of not more than 200 words each on any three of the following: (a) How do you account for the decline of the major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization? (b) What was the position of Varuna in the Vedic system of Gods? (c) What were the causes of the origin of the heterodox sects in the sixth century BC? (d) What was the contribution of the Chalukyas of Badami to Indian architecture? 2. Examine the administrative system of the Mauryas and discuss briefly the causes of disintegration of the Mauryan Empire. 3. How was overseas trade organized in South India up to 300 A. D.? Discuss this with special reference to Roman trade and point out its impact on Indian economy. 4. Critically examine the sources of information for the study of Harshavardhan and discuss his religious policy.
Section B
5. Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you and give brief descriptive notes on them: (i) Ahmedabad (ii) Ajmer (iii) Aurangabad (iv) Bikaner (v) Baroda (vi) Calicut (vii) Cutch (viii) Deogiri (ix) Fatehpur Sikri (x) Gulbarga (xi) Halebid (xii) Hospet (xiii) Indore (xiv) Jaisalmer (xv) Jodhpur (xvi) Kalyan (xvii) Kanyakumari (xviii) Kucknow (xix) Meerut (xx) Murshidabad (xxi) Nasik (xxii) Panjim