Read the extracts given below arid answer the questions that follow:
<p><center><strong>A ryot petitions</strong></center></p>
This is an example of a petition from a <em>ryot</em> of the village of Mirajgaon, Taluka Karjat, to the Collector, Ahmednagar. Deccan Riots Commission :
The <em>sowkars (sahukars)</em> have of late begun to oppress us. As we cannot earn enough to defray our household expenses, we are actually forced to beg of them to provide us with money, clothes and grain,. which we obtain from them not without great difficulty, nor without their compelling us to enter into hard conditions in the, bond. Moreover, the ne

<p><center><strong>Ordinary life in extraordinary times</strong></center></p>
<p>What happened in cities during the months of Revolt ? How did people live, through those months of tumult ? How was normal life affected ? Reports from different cities tell us about the breakdown in routine activities. Read these reports from the Delhi Urdu Akhbar, 14 June, 1857 :
The same thing is true far vegetables and saag (spinach). People have been found to complain that even kaddu (pumpkin) and baingan (brinjal) cannot be found in the bazars. Potatoes and arvi (yam) when available are of stale and rotten variety, stored from before by farsighted kunjras (vegetable

<p><center><strong>Ordinary life in extraordinary times</strong></center></p>
<p>What happened in cities during the months of Revolt ? How did people live, through those months of tumult ? How was normal life affected ? Reports from different cities tell us about the breakdown in routine activities. Read these reports from the Delhi Urdu Akhbar, 14 June, 1857 :
The same thing is true far vegetables and saag (spinach). People have been found to complain that even kaddu (pumpkin) and baingan (brinjal) cannot be found in the bazars. Potatoes and arvi (yam) when available are of stale and rotten variety, stored from before by farsighted kunjras (vegetable

<p><center><strong>Ordinary life in extraordinary times</strong></center></p>
<p>What happened in cities during the months of Revolt ? How did people live, through those months of tumult ? How was normal life affected ? Reports from different cities tell us about the breakdown in routine activities. Read these reports from the Delhi Urdu Akhbar, 14 June, 1857 :
The same thing is true far vegetables and saag (spinach). People have been found to complain that even kaddu (pumpkin) and baingan (brinjal) cannot be found in the bazars. Potatoes and arvi (yam) when available are of stale and rotten variety, stored from before by farsighted kunjras (vegetable

<p>Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:<p>
<p><center><strong>“Moistening the rose garden of fortune”</strong><center></p>
<p>In this extract Abul Fazl gives a vivid account of how and from whom he /collected his information : … to Abul Fazl, son of Mubarak … this sublime mandate was given. “Write with the pen of sincerity the account of the glorious events and of our dominion-conquering victories … Assuredly, I spent much labour and research in collecting the records and narratives of His Majesty’s actions and I was a long time interrogating the servants of the State and the old members of the illustrious family. I exam

<p>Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:<p>
<p><center><strong>“Moistening the rose garden of fortune”</strong><center></p>
<p>In this extract Abul Fazl gives a vivid account of how and from whom he /collected his information : … to Abul Fazl, son of Mubarak … this sublime mandate was given. “Write with the pen of sincerity the account of the glorious events and of our dominion-conquering victories … Assuredly, I spent much labour and research in collecting the records and narratives of His Majesty’s actions and I was a long time interrogating the servants of the State and the old members of the illustrious family. I exam

<p>Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:<p>
<p><center><strong>“Moistening the rose garden of fortune”</strong><center></p>
<p>In this extract Abul Fazl gives a vivid account of how and from whom he /collected his information : … to Abul Fazl, son of Mubarak … this sublime mandate was given. “Write with the pen of sincerity the account of the glorious events and of our dominion-conquering victories … Assuredly, I spent much labour and research in collecting the records and narratives of His Majesty’s actions and I was a long time interrogating the servants of the State and the old members of the illustrious family. I exam

<p>Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:<p>
<p><strong><center>Kings and traders</center></strong></p>
<p>Krishnadeva Raya (ruled 1509-29), the most famous ruler of Vijaynagar, composed a’work on statecraft in Telugu known as the AmukuwWyada. About traders he wrote:
A king should improve the harbours of his country and so encourage its commerce that horses, elephants, precious gems, sandalwood, pearls and other articles are freely imported … He should arrange that the foreign sailors who land in his country on account of storms, illness and exhaustion are looked after in a suitable manner. …
Make the me

<p>Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:<p>
<p><strong><center>Kings and traders</center></strong></p>
<p>Krishnadeva Raya (ruled 1509-29), the most famous ruler of Vijaynagar, composed a’work on statecraft in Telugu known as the AmukuwWyada. About traders he wrote:
A king should improve the harbours of his country and so encourage its commerce that horses, elephants, precious gems, sandalwood, pearls and other articles are freely imported … He should arrange that the foreign sailors who land in his country on account of storms, illness and exhaustion are looked after in a suitable manner.
Make the merc

<p>Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:<p>
<p><strong><center>Kings and traders</center></strong></p>
<p>Krishnadeva Raya (ruled 1509-29), the most famous ruler of Vijaynagar, composed a’work on statecraft in Telugu known as the AmukuwWyada. About traders he wrote:
A king should improve the harbours of his country and so encourage its commerce that horses, elephants, precious gems, sandalwood, pearls and other articles are freely imported … He should arrange that the foreign sailors who land in his country on account of storms, illness and exhaustion are looked after in a suitable manner.
Make the merc