MHI-110 Solved Assignment English Medium 2025-26

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IGNOU MHI-110 Solved Assignment English Medium 2025-26

Assignment
MHI-110: Urbanization in India -1

Course Code: MHI-110
Assignment Code: MHI-110/AST/TMA/ July 2025- January 2026
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 significance of ‘creation of surplus’ in the evolution of urban settlements.
2. Examine the character of internal morphology of Harappan towns.
3. Write a note on the depiction of cities in Tripitakas and Dharmasutra.
4. Discuss the geopolitical location of Taxila and examine its significance in the emergence of Taxila as an urban Centre.
5. Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each:
i. Patilputra
ii. Mathura
iii. The subsistence economy
iv. Harappan burial practices
v. Mohenjodaro

SECTION B
6. Examine the characteristic features of early historical urban centres in Deccan.
7. Discuss the architectural features of Brahmanical structures found at Nagarjunkonda.
8. Discuss the salient features of post Gupta urbanism in north India.
9. Highlight the role of trade in the emergence of Pratishthan as an urban centre.
10. Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each:
i. Sisupalgarh
ii. Brahmanabad/Al-Mansurah
iii. Kannauj
iv. Puhar
v. Kanchipuram

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