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Identify the relationship between the Sufis and the State from eleventh to the sixteenth centuries.

The Sufis used to accept unsolicited grants and donations from political elites. They used these donations for important requirements like food, clothes, etc. instead of storing them. The Turkish rules even sought sufis to legitimise them as they derived their authority from God directly.


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State any two characteristic features of the Vitthala temple of Vijayanagara.

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State any two features of the urban core of Vijayanagara.


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Analyse the reasons for the Santhal revolt.

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Identify the relationship between the Sufis and the State from eleventh to the sixteenth centuries.

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‘‘François Bernier’s description influenced Western theorists from the eighteenth century onwards.’’ Justify the statement.