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There are EIGHT questions divided in TWO SECTIONS and printed both in HINDI and in
ENGLISH.
Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all.
Questions no. 1 and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining, any THREE are to be attempted
choosing at least ONE from each section.
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Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you (on page 4)
and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your
Questi.on-cum-Answer Booklet. Locational hints for each of the places marked
on the map are given below seriatim :
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A Neolithic site

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A Neolithic site

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A Harappan site

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A Harappan site
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An inscriptional site
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A site of ancient cave-paintings

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A Buddhist site

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An educational centre
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An ancient capital
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An ancient sea-port
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An archaeological temple site
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A Harappan site

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degradation rather than external invasion. Discuss.

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Archaeology knows of no Aryans; only literature knows of Aryans.

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birth to new religious movements in India ?
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and the Mediterranean world during the Mauryan period.
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Not only does ancient Tamil literature furnish an accurate picture of

widely disparate classes; it also describes the social condition of Tamil
country as it was. Discuss.

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Q4.

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early Indian economy.
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architecture in India. Elucidate.
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How could the local self-government under the Cholas adjust with their
centralised administrative structure ?

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Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :

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Give a brief account of the early medieval temple architecture of

Kashmir.
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Mention the salient features of the polity of Vijayanagara Empire under

Krishnadevaraya.
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What measures did Balban adopt to combat the Mongol menace ?

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How does Tuzuk-i-Babri testify that Babar had been a cultured man ?
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Do the evidences of land ownership at our disposal support the theory of

the prevalence of feudalism in early medieval India ?
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Discuss in brief the land-revenue system and judicial administration of
the Delhi Sultanate.
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Sufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious
ideas and practices or the outward structure of Islamic/Hindu societies
to any appreciable extent. Comment for/against.

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Q7.

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Make an estimate of Rana Kumbha as a patron of literature and art.

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Renaissance ?
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Taritrism, if not in practice, at least on conceptual level challenged
patriarchy. Examine Tantrism specially keeping in mind the above
context.
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ideas and policies. Analyse this statement.

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relatively self-sufficient ?
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, , Compare the Peshwas bureaucratic management with that of the
Imperial Mughal administration.

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