UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2021 · Q4(b) · 15 marks
Large number of land grants in hitherto non-arable tracts invariably meant expansion of agriculture in early medieval India. How did the management of hydraulic resources (different types of irrigation works) facilitate expansion of agriculture in this period?
- Chapter
- Early Medieval India, 750-1200
- Topic
- Land Grants and Agrarian Economy
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