History of Pakistan & India, Paper I

Hindu India lacked historical writings. Muslims introduced historiography here. Could you record any major historical work of the early Muslim period of the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent?

Mahmud of Ghazna, it is generally believed had face to the west and back to the east and thus heeded less to the making of an empire in the sub-continent. Comment.

Describe the fiscal reforms of Alauddin Khilji. How far he was ahead of his time?

Describe the growth and expansion of the Hindi and Sanskrit literatures in the sub-continent under the Muslim patronage.

Would you agree with a general assessment that the lack of a codified law of succession in state affairs marred the growth of smooth administration in the medieval Muslim rule in the Indo-Pak sub-continent?

Discuss the career and character of Aurangzeb Alamgir. Where did he falter?