Compare and contrast the perspectives fr | Class 12 History - Themes in Indian History - II Chapter Through the Eyes of Travellers, Through the Eyes of Travellers NCERT Solutions

Write a note on the Kitab-ul-Hind.

How were the lives of forest dwellers transformed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Discuss the extent to which Bernier’s account enables historians to reconstruct contemporary rural society.

On an outline map of the world mark the countries visited by Ibn Battuta. What are the seas that he may have crossed?

Discuss the ways in which panchayats and village headmen regulated rural society.

Discuss Al-Biruni’s understanding of the caste system.

Examine the role played by zamindars in Mughal India.

On an outline map of the world, mark the areas which had economic links with the Mughal Empire, and trace out possible routes of communication.

Analyse the evidence for slavery provided by Ibn Battuta.

What do you think was the significance of the rituals associated with the mahanavami dibba?

What have been the methods used to study the ruins of Hampi over the last two centuries? In what way do you think they would have complemented the information provided by the priests of the Virupaksha temple?

Describe the major teachings of either Kabir or Baba Guru Nanak, and the ways in which these have been transmitted.

Discuss the ways in which the Alvars, Nayanars and Virashaivas expressed critiques of the caste system.

To what extent do you think the architecture of mosques in the subcontinent reflects a combination of universal ideals and local traditions?

Read any five of the sources included in this chapter and discuss the social and religious ideas that are expressed in them.

In what ways would the daily routine and special festivities associated with the Mughal court have conveyed a sense of the power of the emperor?

Choose any two of the religious teachers/thinkers/saints mentioned in this chapter, and find out more about their lives and teachings. Prepare a report about the area and the times in which they lived, their major ideas, how we know about them, and why you think they are important.

On an outline map of India, plot three major sufi shrines, and three places associated with temples (one each of a form of Vishnu, Shiva and the goddess).

What are the architectural traditions that inspired the architects of Vijayanagara? How did they transform these traditions?

What were the similarities and differences between the be-shari‘a and ba-shari‘a sufi traditions?