Describe three factors that accounted for the constant expansion of agriculture during sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The three factors that accounted for the constant expansion of agriculture during sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:
(i) Abundance of land.
(ii) Availability of labour.
(iii) Mobility of the peasants
Irrigation projects received state support as well. For example, in northern India the state undertook digging of new canals (nahr, nala) and also repaired old ones like the shahnahr in the Punjab during Shah Jahan’s reign.
Though agriculture was labour intensive, peasants did use technologies that often harnessed cattle energy. A drill, pulled by a pair of giant oxen, was used to plant seeds, but broadcasting of seed was the most prevalent method. Hoeing and weeding were done simultaneously using a narrow iron blade with a small wooden handle.
On the given political outline map of India mark and label the following mature Harappan sites Rakhigadi, Nageshwar, Lothal, Kalibangan, Kotdiji.
OR
On the given political outline map of India mark and label the following territories under Babar, Akbar and Aurangzeb: Delhi, Goa, Agra, Ajmer, Amber.
'The keeping of exact and detailed records was a major concern of the Mughal administration'. Support the statement with facts.
Who composed the original story of the text of Mahabharata? Describe the various stages through which Mahabharata was completed between the fifth century BCE and 400 C.E.
Mention the two rules about classification of people in terms of 'gotra' under Brahmanical practice around 1000 BCE onwards.
