Despite many changes, the society in Medieval India remained essentially feudal.” Discuss
(i) In the political and economic fields, the most important development was the political integration of the country brought about by the Turks and later consolidated by the Mughals.
(ii) Although the Turkish and Mughal system of administration remained largely confined to northern India, and directly it affected other parts of India also.
(iii) The institution of a well-minted currency based on silver, the development of roads and sarais and the preference for city life had a direct effect on the growth of trade and handicrafts which reached its climax during the seventeenth century.
(iv) The ruling class remained strongly aristocratic in character, with only limited opportunities of career being open to the people of talent from lower classes.
