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Read the Passage given below and answer the questions that follow :Trad between the hill tribes and the plains, c. 1595. This is how Abu'l Fazl describes the transactions between the hill tribes and the plains in the suba of Awadh (part of present-day Uttar Pradesh):From the northernmountains quantities of goods are carried on the backs of men, of stout ponies and of goats, such as gold, copper, lead, musk, tails of the kutas cow.(teh yak), honey, chuk (an acid composed of orange juice and lemon boiled together), pomegranate seed, ginger, long pepper, majith (aplant producing a red dye) root, borax, zedoary (a root resembling turmeric), wax, woollen stuffs, woodenware, hawks, falcons , black falcons,merlins (a kindof bird),and other articles. In exchange they carry back white and coloured clothsamber, salt, asafoetida, ornaments, glass and earthan ware.(i) Whose excerpt is this ? What is described in it ?(ii) How was transaction carried over from mountains to plains ?(iii) Which four items were exchanged between the people of plains and hilly areas ?(iv)What do you know about Merlin andKehruba ? |
Answer» Solution : (i)This excerpt is written by Abu., Fazl . in it he described the tansaction between the hill tribesand the PLAINS of Awadh region. (ii)It was carried on the backs of men, horses, and GOATS. (iii)Thefour itemsexchanged between the people of plains and hilly areas were gold, copper, lead,musk, honey pomegranete seeds ginger , long pepper , wax,etc . (IV)MERLIN, a kind of hawk or falcon, was prey bird, while kehruba was a yellow brown metal used to make ornaments. |
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