1. Explain how the following terms were used in different context in different periods. (a) Hindustan (b) Foreigner
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New and Old Terminologies
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Chapter 1 - Tracing Changes Through A Thousand Years
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New and Old Terminologies
Historical records, languages, and the meaning of words change with the time.
In the Mughal era, 'Hindustan' was the most common term for India.
In the 13th century, the term Hindustan was used by the Persians and Mughals to mean the areas around the Indus-river valley in north-west India (Punjab, Haryana, and the lands between the Ganga and the Yamuna rivers), but not south India.
Babur also used the term Hindustan to explain the geographies and cultures of the subcontinent in the early 16th century, and that was similar to the way Amir Khusrau (a famous poet) did it in the 14th century.
Historians have to check the meanings of the terms and words they use, as they change from time to time. For example, today we use the term 'foreigner' to mean someone who is not an Indian, but in the medieval period, it meant any stranger who was not a part of a society or culture.
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