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Who was closely associated with the Mughal court, as a physician to Prince Dara Shikoh?
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Important Questions on Perceptions of Society (10th - 17th Century)
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Discuss the picture of urban centres that emerges from Bernier’s account.
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Why do you think scholars like Bernier chose to compare India with Europe?
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Why do you think the lives of ordinary women workers did not attract the attention of travellers such as Ibn Battuta and Bernier?
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Discuss the extent to which Bernier’s account enables historians to reconstruct contemporary rural society.
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What were the elements of the practice of Sati that drew the attention of Bernier?
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Write a note on the Kitab-ul-Hind.
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What are the various modes of transport that are shown?
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How did Ibn Battuta handle the problem of describing things or situations to people who had not seen or experienced them?
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Are the clothes shown in the image above Greek or Arabian?
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Compare the objectives of Al-Biruni and Ibn Battuta in writing their accounts.
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What were the architectural features that Ibn Battuta noted?
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How does Bernier convey a sense that although there was a great deal of activity, there was little progress at the Kharkhanas?
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Compare and contrast the perspectives from which Ibn Battuta and Bernier wrote their accounts of their travels in India.
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On an outline map of the world mark the countries visited by Ibn Battuta. What are the seas that he may have crossed?
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How important is knowledge of the language of the area for a traveller from a different region?
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What are the comparisons that Ibn Battuta makes to give his readers an idea about what coconuts looked like?
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After seeing the population in the Calicut Port, who among the following traveler described them as 'strange Nation'?
