History of India: ancient and medieval / Early medieval north India (750 to 1200)
Indian feudalism, land and rural economy
Practise 5 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Indian feudalism: land grants, samantas, lord-vassal relationship, decentralised authority; the debate on its existence
- Village officers mahattara and pattakila; grama, khetas, and the headman's role
- Araghatta: the wheel with pots (Persian wheel prototype) for irrigation; tanks and wells
- Hundi as a bill of exchange, revival of trade after 1000 CE, Banjaras as itinerant traders, Arab trade on the west coast
- Agrarian expansion, land grants to temples and brahmanas, proliferation of jatis
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 4
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 31
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII (prelims and contents)
- Theme 5
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 7 The Guptas, Feudalism, p. 123 (printed 119)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, Administration in the Kingdoms; Prashastis and Land Grants; What was given with the land, pp. 2-5 (printed 17-20)
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, Administration in the Kingdoms; Four hundred taxes!, pp. 2-3 (printed 17-18)
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, What was given with the land, p. 5 (printed 20)
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire
- Theme 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State, Irrigating trees and fields, p. 4 (printed 199)
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 5 Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society
- Theme 5 Through the Eyes of Travellers, 5. Ibn Battuta and the Excitement of the Unfamiliar (trade, roads, postal system), pp. 12-15 (printed 126-129)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 5 Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities
- ch. 5 Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities, The Banjaras, p. 5 (printed 53)
- ch. 5 Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities, Changing Society: New Castes and Hierarchies; Deliberations on jati, p. 6 (printed 54)