UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2016 · Q5(a) · 10 marks
Evaluate the contents of the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri as a source of medieval history.
- Chapter
- Society, Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
- Topic
- Historians and Sources: Barani, Minhaj and Amir Khusrau
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