MHI-05 SOLVED ASSIGIMENT 2020-21

  MHI-05: HISTORY OF INDIAN ECONOMY SOLVED ASSIGNMENT 2020-21

Course Code: MHI-05

 Assignment Code: MHI-05/AST/ TMA/2020-21

 Total Marks: 100

 Note: Attempt any five questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections 'A' and 'B'. You have to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.

 

SECTION A

 1 Discuss the contemporary ideas on ancient Indian economic history. Did these ideas suggest pattern of growth or stagnation of ancient Indi an economy?  

2. List the chief characteristic features of Neolithic-Chalcolithic sites of the Northwest and Rajasthan. In what ways did they differ from Ash Mound traditions of the Southern Deccan?

3. Critically examine the role of nadu, nagaram and nakhara in the growth of urbanization in South India.

4. Critically analyse the presence of different categories of cultivators in the medieval period.

5. Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each.

i) Agrarian economy of the Kushanas

ii) Junagarh prasasti

iii) Brahmadeya grants

iv) Rural-urban continuum in the medieval period

 

SECTION B

 6. Analyse the growth of coinage during the medieval period.

 7. What is commercialization? Do you agree that Indian comme rcialization began with the British colonization?  

8. Write a note on various land settlements of the British Indian government.

9. Critically examine the colonial policy towards the science education in India. What was the Indian response towards the colonial interventions in the field of science and technology?

10. Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each.

 i) Irrigation technology during the medieval period

 ii) Early Census

iii)Colonial impact on tribal economy

iv) Debates over agricultural statistics during the Colonial period