UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2020 · Q8(a) · 15 marks
Evaluate the contribution of Sher Shah towards trade and commerce, administration and agricultural reforms.
- Chapter
- The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century-Political
- Topic
- Sher Shah and the Surs
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