MHI-4 EM 2022-23 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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MHI-04: POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN INDIA
Course Code: MHI-04
Assignment Code: MHI-04/AST/TMA/2022-23
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 early Tamil polity as described in Sangam literature. 20
2. Analyse the various approaches to the study of early medieval polity. 20
3. Discuss various interpretations explaining the nature of the Mughal state. 20
4. Discuss the nature of sovereignty and administrative mechanism in the Princely states. 20
5. Write short notes in about 250 words each on the following: 10+10
(a) The colonial military apparatus
(b) The bureaucracy under the colonial state.
SECTION- B
6. Write a note on the Mauryan administration. 20
7. Analyse the judicial system prevailing in Ancient India. 20
8. Discuss the provincial and local administration under the Delhi Sultanate. 20
9. How did the colonial and nationalist legacy shape the post-colonial Indian polity?
20
10. Write short notes in about 250 words each on the following: 10+10
(a) Land revenue settlements under the British rule
(b) Anglo-Oriental controversy and Educational Despatch of 1854.