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1. What did Hindustan stand for in medieval times?
2. What were the major historical developments during the medieval period?
3. List some important chronicles available for the study of the medieval period.
4. How are travelogues an important literary source?
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Hindustan is a Persian word that means “land of the Indus” or “land beyond the Indus”. ... So, in the Middle Ages, Hindustan was the Persian name for South Asia, the region that now includes Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.
2.he 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).
3.ome important chronicles of the medieval period are: Rajatarangini by kalhana is a history of the kings of Kashmir. Tarikh-I Firoz Shahi by Zia-ud-din Barani which describes the history of the Sultans of Delhi till the reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
4.travelogues an important literary source because they give a detailed account about political trade ,events and commerce. They give us information about the condition of people that time.It also gives us information about thier courts and thier style.
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