UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 1989 · Q6 · 60 marks
Discuss the salient features of Indian society on the eve of the campaigns of Mahmud of Ghazni, with particular reference to the observations made by Al-Biruni.
- Chapter
- Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200
- Topic
- Alberuni and Other Sources
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