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MEDIEVAL SOCIETY THROUGH TRAVELLER'S ACCOUNTS Flashcards

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al biruni and the kitab ul hind

from khwarizm to the punjab :

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  • AL BIRUNI BORN IN - 973 [KHWARIZM,UZBEKISTAN]
  • SEVERAL LNAGUAGES - syriac arabic persian hebrew and sanskrit
  • plato and greek philosophers works
  • in 1017 - sultan mahmud invades khwarizm - capital GHAZNI
  • GHAZNI and AL BIRNUI - develop interest in india .
  • engaze with priest and brahamns
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AL BIRUNI :

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  • TRANSLATED SANSKRIT TEXT IN SANSKRIT , ARABIC AND GRAMMAR . TRNASLATED ELUCID WRKS IN SANSKRIT FOR INDIANS .
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KITAB UL HIND :

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  • WRITTEN IN ARBIC [SIMPLE AND LUCID]
  • HAS 80 CHAPTERS
  • ADAPTIONS IN - SANSKRIT PALI PRAKRIT INTO ARABIC.
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KITAB UL HIND : ON HINDU

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HINDU DERIVED FROM OLD PERSIAN
5-6 C. BCE
RIVER SINDHU[INDUS]
REGION : AL HIND
PEOPLE : HINDI

TURKS REFRRED TO PEOPLE OF EAST AS HINDU AND THEIR LAND HINDUATAN
LANGUAGE : HINDAVI

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IBN BATTUTA’S RIHLA :

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  • WRITTEN IN ARABIC
  • SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE
  • FOURTHEEN C.
  • MOROCCON TRAVELLER
  • BORN IN TANGIER - EDUCATED FAMILY
  • HE SET OFF INDIA - **1332 -33 **. PILGRIMAGE TRIP TO MECCA AND TRAVELLED - SYRIA IRAQ PERSIA YEMEN OMAN AND AFRICA .
  • REACHED SIND IN 1333
  • MOHAMMAD BIN TUGLAQ :- SULTAN OF DELHI
    * APPOINTED AS QAZI OF DELHI BY SULTAN
  • 1342 - CHINA TO MONGOL RULER
  • RETURENED IN 1347.
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THE FOOTSTEPS OF IBN BATUTTA :

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  • [1400 AND 1800] PEOPLE WRITE ABT TRAVELLING TO INDIA
  • **ABUR RAZZAQ SAMARQANDI - SOUTH INDIA -1440S - VISITED MAHMUD WALI BALKHI - 1620S .
  • SEIKH ALI HAZRIN - NORTH INDIA**
  • MAHMUD BALKI - SANYASI
  • OTHER HAZIN WERE DISSAPOINTED WITH INDIA CULTURE
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FRANCOIS BERNEIR : A DOCTOR WITH A DIFFERENCE

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  • FRENCHAN , DOCTOR [1656 TO 1668]
  • MUGHAL COURT - PRINCE DARA SHIKOH ELDEST SON EMPEROOR SHAH JAHAN
  • WITH DANISHMAND KHAN - AMERICAN NOBLE

  • PORTUGUESE [1500]
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  • DAUARTE BARBOSA- IS ABOUT
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY OF SOUTH INDIA

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FRENCH JEWELLER - JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER

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  • TRAVELLED 6 TIMES
  • TRADING CONDITION IN INDIA
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ITALIAN DOCTOR MANUCCI-

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SETTLED DOWN IN INDIA

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COMPARING EAST AND WEST :

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** FRANCOIS WRITE A LOT ON LLOUIS 16 THE KING OF FRANCE **
HE DESCRIBED INDIA IN BLEAK SITUATION
WORKS PUBLISHED IN FRANCE IN - 1670-71 ANS TRNASLATED IN DUTCH GERMAN INTALIAN AND ENGLISH IN NEXT 5 YEARS

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AL BIRUNI - “ SANSKRITIC TRADITION BARRIER”

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  • FIRST - TRNASLATION BEONG DIFFICULT - NO SIMILARITIES
  • SECOND - DIFFREENT RELIGION PRACTICES
  • THIRD - SELF ABSORBTION AND CONSEQUENT INSULARITY
  • DEPENDED ON BRAHMANIC TEXTS
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AL BRUNEI - CASTE SYSTEM

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  • ANCIENT PERSIA =FOUR CATEGORIES
  • PRIEST
  • LAWYERS , PHYSICIANS
  • ASTRONOMERS SCIENTIST
  • PEASANTS
  • HE DISAPPROVED IT AND CALLED IT “SOCIAL POLLUTION”
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IBN BATTUTA : THE COCONUT AND PAAN

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  • NUT OF A COCONUT TREE RESEMBLES - MAN’S HEAD
  • USE IT THAT BEFORE EATING ARECA NUT
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IBN BATTUTA - INDIAN CITIES

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  • DELHI AS A VAST CITY AND DAULATABAD IN [MAHARASTRA] SIMILAR IN SIZE TO DELHI
  • CROWED AND POPULTED
  • BAZAARS - SOCIO CULTURE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
  • INDIAN PRODUCT DEMAND IN WEST ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
  • COTTON CLOTH AND FINE MUSLIN
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IBN BATTUTA: UNIQUE COMMMUNICATION SYSTEM

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  • POSTAL SYSTEM
  • **FIFTY DAYS TO REACH DELHI FROM SIND
  • NEWS REPORTS OF SPIES REACH SULTAN IN JUST - 5 DAYS**
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TWO KIND OF POASTAL SYSTEM :

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  • HORSEPOST -ULUQ- STAND IN EVERY 4 MILES
  • FOOT POST - THREE STATION PER MILE CALLLED DAWA - ONE THIRD OF A MILE
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BERNEIR AND THE ‘DEGENERATE EAST’

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  • TALK ABOUT LACK OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN MUGHAL EMPIRE
  • MUGHAL KING IS SEEN AS - “BEGGARS AND BARBARIANS” TOWN IS FULL OF ILL AIR AND ITS FIELD S ARE WITH BUSHES AND PESTILINEAL MASHES .
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KARL MARX - on mughal empire

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surplus allocated by state

reality id diffrent in 17th c, 15% people live in town which is more than europe

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ibn rihan al birnui come to india in

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973 - 1048

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marco polo in india

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1254-1323 - italian

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ibn batttuta come to india

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from morocco

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