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HISTORY

1. The Medieval Period

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Look at the pictures below and name the archaeological object and sites with the help of the Word Bank.
WORD BANK: (An old well, Toy carts, Script, The statue of a King, Stone seals, Jewellery, Mud houses)

In India, the medieval period stretches from the eighth Medieval India
to the eighteenth century CE. The period between the
India had been referred to by a number of names in
eighth to twelfth century CE is the transition period.
the past but none of them addressed India in the
This period witnessed the rise and fall of empires in
present sense of the term. In ancient times, India was
different parts of the subcontinent.
known as Jambudvipa. It literally means the land of
The history of the early medieval period is centred on Jambu trees. The Puranas have references of
power struggles among regional kingdoms of both Jambudvipa. Even one of the Ashokan inscriptions
North and South India, leading to the frequent rise refers to India by this name. India was also known as
and fall of kingdoms. The most prominent among Bharatvarsha. This term also appears in another
these kingdoms were the Rajput kingdoms in the context. In the Rig Veda, the term Bharata refers to the
north and the Chola kingdom in the South, the latter main tribe which took part in the Battle of the Ten
period gave rise to the Turks, who established the Kings. The area inhabited by them was called the
Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals, who dominated the Bharatvarsha.
latter period of history.
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