Question

Explain various kinds of towns that came up in medieval India.

Answer 1

In olden days towns , besides being small , had to be self sustaining because of the following reasons : -

There were very few roads , and not very suitable for safe and fast movement .
The mode of transport was mostly bullock cart or the like , which was very slow .
And , of course , the population was very limited and the human needs were very also limited .
Education was limited to very few and it was of gurukul type , located in jungles

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