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List some of the technological changes associated with this period.

Medieval period was the period of economic, social, cultural and technological changes. Some of the technological changes which occurred in this period are – for irrigation people started using the Persian wheel, the spinning wheel for weaving and firearms for combat.


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State whether true or false:

(a) We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.


(b) The Marathas asserted their political importance during this period.


(c) Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.


(d) Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.

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Fill in the blanks:

(a)Archives are places where _____ are kept.


(b) _____ was a fourteenth-century chronicler.


(c) ____, ____, ____, ____ and ____ were some of the new


crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.

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What were some of the major religious developments during this period?

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In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries?