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Give short answers for the following questions. (20-30 words)
1. Name some of the new food crops that were introduced during the medieval period
3. Mention the names of some of the foreign travellers who came to India during this
2. Name some of the new social and political groups that became powerful during
5. How can maps help us to understand the history of a region in a better manner?
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F. Give long answers for the following questions. (50-60 words)
1. Write a note on Sufism and Bhakti.
2. Why do we have a large number of literary sources from the medieval period in the exi
include? Mention four important literary sources of this period.
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(i) Name some of the new food crops that were introduced during the medieval period.

Answer:-

The new crops and beverages that arrived in India subcontinent in the medieval period Corn, tea, coffee, chilies and potatoes.

(ii) Mention the names of some of the foreign travellers who came to India during this period.

Answer:-

Foreign Travellers

• Ibn Batuta (1333 A.D. – 1347 A.D.)
• Marco Polo (1292 A.D. – 1294 A.D.)
• Megasthenes (302 B.C. – 298 B.C.)
• Nicolo Conti (1420 A.D. – 1421 A.D.)

(iii) Name some of the new social and political groups that became powerful during war.

Answer:-

Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Ahoms, and Kayasthas also become important in the Indian subcontinent in that period.

(iv) How can maps help us to understand the history of a region in a better manner?

Answer:-

maps provide records of features, landscape, cities, and places that may not exist any more or that exist in dramatically transformed form. As records of certain historical processes and relationships

(i) Write a note on Sufism and Bhakti.

Answer:-

Bhakti and Sufi Movement. Bhakti means personal devotion to God. Bhakti movement originated in South India between the 7th and the 12th centuries AD. The Nayanmars, who worshipped Siva, and the Alwars, who worshipped Vishnu, preached the idea of Bhakti.

(ii) Why do we have a large number of literary sources from the medieval period in the exi we have a large number of literary sources from the medieval period in the exiinclude? Mention four important literary sources of this period.

Answer:-

Mediaeval period was the time when muslims were the rulers of the sub-continent. at that time muslims were very advance in literature and studies and they have many libraries in Baghdad and other arabian areas. so when they came in India they started culture in india as well.Important literary sources of medieval Indian history

• Sultanate literature
• Utbee
• Firdausi
• Hassan Nizami

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