Themes in Indian History - NCERT Book Covering Several Aspects of Medieval India

Nov. 2, 2012 - PRLog -- The history books in the school curriculum keep a great significance. These books tell the students about their past, which sometimes paves the way for the future. The NCERT books have been designed according to the curriculum of the students in order to accomplish the abovementioned purpose. The second part of Themes in Indian History for the students class XII CBSE Board is one of the most famous books these days.

This book starts from the perception of the Indian society from the eyes of travelers. It tells about the thoughts of the foreigner travelers in around medieval times. In the first section of the chapter, it covers Al-Biruni and his book Kitab-Ul-Hind. Then it proceeds towards the views of Ibn Battuta and Francois Bernier.

In the next chapter, the authors start discussing about various aspects of India history. This chapter tells about the bhakti and Sufi tradition in India. The way of writing is so interested that sometimes we feel that we are sitting near the saints and Sufis of the medieval era. The chapter starts from the Paurnik traditions and then talks about the contemporary traditions of the saints of distinct states such as Alvars and Nayanars of Tamil Nadu, Virashaiva tradition of Karnataka, North Indian traditions and Islamic traditions.

After the exploration of religious movements, we reach next chapter which talks about the great Vijayanagara Empire that was in power from fourteenth to sixteenth century. The chapter commences from the discovery of Hampi, and then it picks the topic Rayas, Nayakas and Sultans.

The next chapter is focused on feudalism in India from fourteenth to seventeenth chapter under the title, Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire. The peasant and landowner system is India is the main focus of the chapter. The landowners of India in past were known as Zamindars. This system was identical to the European peasant and landowner system up to some extent. The chapter also covers various facetsof the Mughal Empire. The last chapter with named Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts, explores the workings of Mughal courts and the lifestyles of Mughal emperors in detail.

The book not only provides the good stuff to the school students, but is also a brilliant read for the general information about the medieval or early modern India for other readers also. You can buy online school books on many of the websites. The aforementioned paperback is one of the bestselling books on the online books stores.

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