UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2002 · Q6 · 60 marks
Discuss Balban’s concept of kingship. How was it modified by Ala-ud-din Khalji?
- Chapter
- The Thirteenth Century
- Topic
- Balban: Kingship and Consolidation
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