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Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years
In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries?
Over the centuries there has been a vast change in the meaning of the term “Hindustan”. Today it is understood as India, the modern nation state. In the thirteenth century the term stood for the lands under the Delhi Sultanate. Babur used the term to describe the geography, culture and fauna of the subcontinent.
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In what ways has the meaning of the term “Hindustan” changed over the centuries?
How were the affairs of jatis regulated?
What does the term pan-regional empire mean?
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