Answer any oNE of the following questions in about 500 words.

1. Discuss the importance of epigraphical evidence in reconstructing history.

2. Did ideological change and social change go hand in hand during the Vedic age? Discuss.

3. Examine the contributions of women to Bhaktas in medieval society.

4. What are the linkages between patronage and production of art? Argue with references to examples from any style in medieval India.

5. What are the important differences between imperialist historiography and nationalist historiography of modem India?

6. How did caste transform its character in the Indian society as a result of the impact of colonial rule?


Write short essay of 200 words each on TWO of the following questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

7. Examine the causes for the rise of heterodox sects during the sixth century B.C.

8. Discuss the evolution of the various Puranic sects and their textual basis.

9. Discuss the nature of the South Indian States between the lTth and 18th centuries. Can it be called 'segmentary state'?

10. Did the arrival of Vasco da Gama in 1498 mark the beginnings of European epoch in the Indian History?

11. In what ways did Hinduism modernize since the nineteenth century?

12. What is the so-called 'deindustrialization, debate?

Write brief notes on any TEN of the following.

Each note should not exceed 25 words.

13. Hexahedron
14. Vratya Kshatriyas
15. KhillatBenami Jagirs
16. Taslim
17. Dravidian debate
18. Humanism
19. Radical Feminism
20. Amalaka
21. Mleccha
22. Kanqah
23. Karkhana
24. Historicism
25. Materialism
26. Middle class
27. Devadana
28. pagoda
29. Vajrayana
30. Oriental despotism
31. Class
32. Genealogy