Why do you think towns grew around templ | Class 7 Social Science - Our Past-2 (History) Chapter Towns, Traders and Craftspersons, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons NCERT Solutions

What changes took place in varna-based society?

What are the difficulties historians face in using manuscripts?

In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries?

What were the policies adopted by Asaf Jah to strengthen his position?

Do you think merchants and bankers today have the kind of influence they had in the eighteenth century?

How were the Sikhs organised in the eighteenth century?

How was the administration of the Ahom state organised?

How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?

Were the Banjaras important for the economy?

How did the Rashtrakutas become powerful?

Why did the Marathas want to expand beyond the Deccan?

For either the Virashaivas or the sants of Maharashtra, discuss their attitude towards caste.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The new castes emerging within varnas were called ____________.
(b) _____________ were historical works written by the Ahoms.

(c) The ____________ mentions that Garha Katanga had 70,000 villages.
(d) As tribal states became bigger and stronger, they gave land grants to _________ and ________.

What were the major ideas expressed by Kabir? How did he express these?

Who were the parties involved in the “tripartite struggle”?

What is a shikhara?

How did tribal societies change after being organised into a state?

Fill in the blanks:
(a) Archives are places where ——————— are kept.
(b) —————— was a fourteenth-century chronicler.
(c) ——, ———, ———, ——— and ——— were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.

Match the following:

garh                                             khel
tanda                                           chaurasi
labourer                                       caravan
clan Garha                                   Katanga
Sib Singh                                     Ahom state
Durgawati                                    paik

What changes took place in varna-based society?