MHI 05
HISTORY OF INDIAN ECONOMY
Solved
Assignment 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
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
