MHI-105 Solved Assignment English Medium 2025-26

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IGNOU MHI-105 Solved Assignment English Medium 2025-26

M.A. History Assignment
For July 2025 and January 2026 Sessions
MHI-105
History of Indian Economy-1 From Earliest Times to c. 1700

Assignment
MHI-105: History of Indian Economy-1 From Earliest Times to c. 1700
Course Code: MHI-105
Assignment Code: MHI-105/AST/TMA/ July 2025-January26
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 recent historiographical approaches to understand the economic history of ancient period in India 20
2 Examine the factors which determined the agrarian environment of the Indian Subcontinent. 20
3 Discuss the major main features of Harappan economy. 20
4 Examine the significance of coins to study the economy of Gupta and Satavahana Empires. 20
5 Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each 10+10
i Long distance Trade 200 BCE to 300 CE.
ii Irrigation: Early Medieval India
iii State’s claim on Agrarian Society 500-1300 CE North India
iv Land Rights- Tamil Region 300 to 1300 CE.
v Weavers, Textile production and Trade

SECTION-B
6 Discuss various categories of peasant in Medieval North India. 20
7 Examine the salient features of agrarian structure under Maratha rule. 20
8 Write a note on non-agricultural production between 1300-1700 CE. 20
9 Examine the role and significance of transport and communication in the growth of economy during 1300 to 1700 CE. 20
10 Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each 10+10
i Forest Clearance 1300-1700 CE
ii Pastoral Economy 1300-1700 CE
iii Forms of peasant resistance 1300-1700 CE
iv Women and craft production 1300-1700 CE
v Building construction

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