MHI-05 (2020-21) EM ISC

MHI-05: HISTORY OF INDIAN ECONOMY
Course Code: MHI-05
Assignment Code: MHI-05/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 Discuss the contemporary ideas on ancient Indian economic history. Did these ideas suggest pattern of growth or stagnation of ancient Indian economy? 20
2. List the chief characteristic features of Neolithic-Chalcolithic sites of the Northwest and Rajasthan. In what ways did they differ from Ash Mound traditions of the Southern Deccan? 20
3. Critically examine the role of nadu, nagaram and nakhara in the growth of urbanization in South India. 20
4. Critically analyse the presence of different categories of cultivators in the medieval period. 20
5. Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each.
10+10
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. 20
7. What is commercialization? Do you agree that Indian commercialization began with the British colonization? 20
8. Write a note on various land settlements of the British Indian government. 20
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? 20
10. Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each.
10+10
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