1.The agricultural activities in medieval India were
admirable. Explain.
2.How did the spread of weaving and trade facilitate the
growth of towns?
3.What were the factors that attracted the travellers and
traders to medieval India?
4.Examine the progress attained by medieval India in the
field of learning
Answers
1. The middle ages saw irrigation channels reach a new level of sophistication in India and Indian crops affecting the economies of other regions of the world. Land and water management systems were developed with an aim of providing uniform growth. Despite some stagnation during the later modern era the independent Republic of India was able to develop a comprehensive agricultural programme.
2. As trade grew, towns became more important. ... Town and city dwellers produce and/or collect goods to be traded. As they make more money doing things like this, they become customers for goods that are traded from other places. Thus, towns and cities grow when trade increases.
3. The factors were that In ancient times the Indian education system was ahead of all countries. Perhaps that is the reason that there are many foreign tourist visited India to know about Indian education system. Also India was very rich so many trading companies came to India to gain profit
4. The history of education began with teaching of traditional elements such as Indian religions, Indian mathematics, Indian logic at early Hindu and Buddhist centres of learning such as ancient Takshashila and Nalanda before the common era.
Islamic education became ingrained with the establishment of the Islamic empires in the Indian subcontinent in the Middle Ages while the coming of the Europeans later brought western education to colonial India.
Modern Universities were established during British rule in the 19th century. A series of measures continuing throughout the early half of the 20th century ultimately laid the foundation of education in the Republic of India, Pakistan and much of the India