HI

STORY-
1QUESTI
ONSANDANSWERS
TRACI
NGCHANGESTHROUGHATHOUSANDYEARS
1.Whousedt
het
erm Hi
ndust
anf
ort
hef
ir
stt
imeandwhy
?
Persi
anHist
ori
ansusedtheter
m Hindustanfort
hefir
stti
meand
BaburandAmirKhusr
auusedthi
sterm becauseofi
tsgeographi
cal
condi
ti
ons.

2. Whatsourcesdothehist
oriansuseforthestudyofapar
ti
cularperi
od?
Hi
stor
iansusedcoinsinscri
pti
onsarchi
tectur
eand,manuscri
ptsetc.
.

3.Definet
het erm‘achi
eves’.
Acollecti
onofhistor
icaldocuments,
manuscri
ptset
c..whi
chshow
thehistoryofaplaceoranor gani
zat
ion,
thepl
acewheretheyar
e
kept.

4.Howhistor
ywasdi
vi
dedbyhi
stor
iansdur
ingt
hemi
ddl
eof13-
19
cent
ury
?

Histori
ansdividedt hepastintolargesegments,
thatpossess
t
h
di
fferentcharacterist
ics.Inthemiddleofthe19 cent ur
yBri
ti
sh
hi
storiansdiv
idedt heHistor
yofIndiaintothr
eeperiods–Hindu,
Musl i
m andBr i
tish.Ont heotherhandthemoder npastisf
oll
owed
bythemedi eval past.

5. WhowasAl
-I
dri
si?
Al
  -
Idr
isi
wast
heAr
abgeogr
apher
 who 
mademapi
n1154CE.

6. Whatdoest
het
erm pan-
regi
onal
empi
remean?
Panr egionalempiremeansempi
respanni
ngdi
ver
seregi
ons.
Dy
  nast
ies li
kethe
Cholas,Khalj
i
s, Tughl
uqsandMughal
swereabl
etobui
ldanempi
rethatwaspan-
regi
onalempi re.

7.
Howdi
dscr
ibescopydownt
hemanuscr
ipt
s?Whatwasi
tsdr
awback?
Ther
ewasnopri
nti
ngpressinthosedayssoscr
ibescopi
ed
manuscr
ipt
sbyhand.
 Asscr
ibescopiedmanuscr
ipt
s,t
heyalso
 i
ntr
oducedsmal
lchanges–awor
dher
e,asent
encet
her
e.

8 HowBr
ahmanasear
nedal
otofr
especti
nthesoci
ety
?
TheirknowledgeofSanskri
ttext
sear
nedtheBr
ahmanasal otofrespectinsoci
ety
.
Theirdominantposit
ionwasconsoli
dat
edbyt hesuppor
toft heirpatr
ons–new
rul
erssearchingf
orprest
ige.
9.Explai
nt hetechnol
ogicalchangest
ookplacein13th-
15thcentur
y.
ThePer sianWheelinirr
igati
onTheSpi
nningWheel inweav i
ng
Fi
rearmsi ncombat. Theper i
odsawmajortechnologi
caladv ances
i
ncludingt headopt
ionofgunpowderanddev el
opmenti nagri
cultur
al
acti
vit
ies.

10.Inwhatwayshast
hemeani
ngoft
het
erm“
Hindust
an”changedov
er
the
Cent
uri
es?

Themeani ngoft heter m‘Hi ndustan’hasev ent

uall
ychangedov erthe
past
centuri
es.Today ,t het erm‘ Hindustan’isrefer
redt odenot eI ndia.
But
duringt he13thcent ur
y,t het erm wasusedbyMi nhaj-
i-
Siraj– a
chronicl
er
(ina pol it
icalsense)ofl andst hatbelongedt ot heDel hiSul t
an.
Duringthe
14thcentury,t
het er
m‘ Hind’ wasusedbyAmi rKhusr autor ef
ert othe
cultureandpeopleoft heI ndusr i
ver.Whereas,duri
ngt heear l
y16t h
cent ur
y,Babarusedt heter m ‘Hindustan’todescribet hecul t
ure,
geogr aphyandfaunaof t heinhabi t
antsofthesub- continent.

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