Through this book you will be able to
learn about developments in different spheres – economic, cultural, social,
political, and religious. It will also introduce you to the politics of the
times and the nature of authority and power; the way societies are organised, the
way they function and change; their religious life and ritual practices, the
working of economies, and the changes within rural and urban societies.
Index
Chapter 1: THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to
seventeenth century) – Discusses
about the medieval history through the accounts of travelers such as Al-Biruni,
Ibn Battuta, etc.
Chapter 2: BHAKTI-SUFI TRADITIONS Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional
Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth century) – Discusses about the Bhakti-Sufi traditions and how they have
modified or even abandoned some of the ideas that appeared problematic or
irrelevant in different political, social or cultural contexts.
Chapter 3: AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL: VIJAYANAGARA (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century) – Discusses about the administrative,
social and economic structure of the Vijayanagara.
Chapter 4: PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE Agrarian Society and the Mughal
Empire (c. sixteenth-seventeenth centuries) – Discusses the features of the agrarian society during the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries.
UPSC 2019: With
reference to Mughal India, what is/are the difference/differences between
Jagirdar and Zamindar?
1.
Jagirdars were holders of land
assignments in lieu of judicial and police duties, whereas Zamindars were
holders of revenue rights without obligation to perform any duty other than
revenue collection.
2. Land assignments to Jagirdars were
hereditary and revenue rights of Zamindars were not hereditary.
Select the correct answer
using the code given below.
(a)
1 only
(b)
2 only
(c)
Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: d