Who was considered a ‘foreigner’ in the past?

State whether true or false:

(a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.

(b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.

(c) Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.

(d) Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) Archives are places where _______________ are kept.

(b) _______________ was a fourteenth-century chronicler.

(c) _____, _____, _____, _____ and _____ were some of the new crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.

List some of the technological changes associated with this period.

What were some of the major religious developments during this period?

In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries?

How were the affairs of jatis regulated?

What does the term pan-regional empire mean?

What are the difficulties historians face in using manuscripts?

How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?