MHI-04 (2020-21) EM ISC

MHI-04: POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN INDIA
Course Code: MHI-04
Assignment Code: MHI-04/AST/TMA/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
1. Write a note on the Satavahana state.. 20
2. Discuss the process of state formation under the Rajputs. 20
3. Explain the nature of the state under the Delhi Sultanate giving reference to Fakhr-i Mudabbir’s and Ziya Barani’s texts. 20
4. Analyse the nature of the eighteenth century polities in India. 20
5. Write short notes in about 250 words each on the following: 10+10
(a) Political economy of the colonial state
(b) The judiciary and law under the colonial state.
SECTION – B
6. Discuss in brief the Chola administration. 20
7. Give an account of the administrative system in the post-Gupta period. 20
8. Analyse the revenue system under the Mughals. 20
9. Write a note on the documentation project of the colonial state. 20
10. Write short notes in about 250 words each on the following: 10+10
(a) The colonial forest policy
(b) Macaulay minute.