UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2012 · Q8(a) · 30 marks
State the structure of medieval village society in Northern India. What were the passive forms of resistance of the peasants in the medieval period?
- Chapter
- Early Medieval India, 750-1200
- Topic
- Society, Caste and Gender
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