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Paper -I Section A 1. Mark any fifteen of the following places on the map supplied to you and give brief descriptive notes on them: (i) Aihole (ii) Amaravati (iii) Arikmedu (iv) Bairat (v) Banawali (vi) Bodh-Caya (vii) Burzahom (viii) Deogarh (ix) Daimabad (x) Elephanta (xi) Ellora (xii) Fran (xiii) Hastinapur (xiv) Kausambi (xv) Konarak (xvi) Lauriya Nandangarh (xvii) Mahabalipuram (xviii) Maski (xix) Mathura (xx) Nalanda (xxi) Nasik (xxii) Navdatoli (xxiii) Piprahwa (xxiv) Rajagrtha (xxv) Ropar (xxvi) Sankisa (xxvii) Sopara (xxviii) Tamralipti (xxix) Vidisha (xxx) Vikramasila 2. Compare the economic, social and religious life of the Indus Valley (Harappan) people with that of the early Vedic people and discuss the relative chronology of the Indus and the early Vedic cultures. 3. Discuss the social & economic factors for the rise of Buddhism How far was it influenced by Upnisadic thought? 4. Harsha owes his greatness largely not to any real achievements but to formulate descriptions by two famous men. Discuss.
Section B
5. Write short answers of not more than 200 words on any three of the following: (a) Shankaracharyas philosophy and its impact (b) Main sources of information for the history of the 13th century (c) Significance of the Bhakti Movement (d) Structure and role of the Maratha Confedency. 6. Critically examine the price control measures of Alauddin Khilji. What was the main objective behind them and how for was he able to put them into effecter? 7. Discuss the development of art and culture under the Vijayanagar Empire. 8. Bring out the main features of the MANSAB and JAGIR systems with special reference to the reign of Akbar