Previous year questions

Discuss the experimentations with art and architecture during the Gupta-Vakataka period.

The second urbanization gave rise to the organized corporate activities that reached their zenith during the Gupta period. Discuss.

Critically evaluate the theory and practise of land revenue system in ancient India.

Do the evidences of land ownership at our disposal support the theory of the prevalence of feudalism in early medieval India?

What were the privileges granted to the donees in land-grant charters of early India? How far were these charters responsible for integration or disintegration socio-political milieu?

Discuss the provincial and district administrative units of the Gupta Empire with the designations and functions of the officers.

What kind of changes were visualized by historians on Indian feudalism? Examine critically.

Evaluate the socio-economic conditions from the Gupta Period to 1200 C.E. as gleaned from the various types of grants or dana shasana.

Give an account of the use of gold coins by commoners in the Gupta Period.

Write a short essay on: "Applicability of the term 'Indian Feudalism' to early Medieval Society."