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D. Answer the following questions in detail:
1. How was India, that is, ‘Bharat’ perceived by foreigners?
2. Describe the economic condition of medieval India.
3. Discuss the religious developments that took place in India during the medieval period.
4. How can literary sources of history be classified? Give examples.
5. Differentiate between archaeological and literary sources.

HOTS (Critical Thinking)
What period is called the Medieval Period in South India?

Skill Based Questions

A. Imagine yourself to be a historian. Why do you think a historian has to be careful while studying the
sources? (Critical Thinking)

B. List any five social evils prevalent during the medieval period. Do you think that those social evils have been
completely eliminated by now? What more can be done to uplift the status of women in society? (Ethical &
Moral Reasoning)

Learning by Doing Experiential Learning

• Write a short paragraph including some information about the Egyptian God, Horus. Use a computer or a
library to help you with your research. (Exploration)
• Make a digital presentation on the similarities and differences of weapons used in medieval India with those
used in ancient India. (Creative Skills & Digital Literacy)

Nurture the Values Life Skills
In earlier times, people used to hoard and store their riches, mostly coins, underground. This was done to keep
these riches safe from any harm and stored in jars in order to dig them out in future. Imagine that while digging
your garden, you have come across a similar jar containing old coins. What will you do?
a. Keep and the coins and display them as objects of antiquity in your house.
b. Go to the market, sell them and get the money.
c. Go to the curator of a museum of history and submit the coins for the government to take care.

Think Before You Write Cognitive Skills

• Answer the following questions.
1. What period of Indian history is called the medieval period?
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2. Why was the need for keeping records strongly felt during the medieval period?
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