4. Write about important cultural
technological developments of medieval
India.
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Answer:
The period saw major technological advances, including the adoption of gunpowder, the invention of vertical windmills, spectacles, mechanical clocks, and greatly improved water mills, building techniques (Gothic architecture, medieval castles), and agriculture in general (three-field crop rotation).
Answer:
As the periodization of history is controversial, there might be a difference of opinion regarding the date when the ancient period of the
history of India ends and the medieval one begins but the period under
consideration is actually the late ancient and early-medieval. Prithwiraj
lost the second battle of Tarain in 1192 A.D. and this is considered a turning point in the history of India as it led to the conquest of northern India by the Turko-Afghans between 1192 and 1206 A.D.