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Write a brief note on Land charters of north India (c. A-D. 750-1200).

  • UPSC 1995
  • Early Medieval India, 750-1200

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Between the eighth and twelfth centuries, the copper-plate land charter became the single most important instrument through which north Indian rulers — the Gurjara-Pratiharas, the Palas, and successor houses such as the Chandelas, Paramaras, and the Gahadavalas and Chaulukyas of the Kannauj-successor states — organised their relationship with land, religion, and the landed classes who…

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  • The Practice, Its Chronology, and Its Growth
  • Diplomatic Form of the Charters
  • Types of Grantees: Brahmadeya, Devadana, and Secular Assignment
  • Administrative Geography and Regional Variation
  • Rights, Privileges, and Their Limits
  • Ideological Function: Dana and Legitimacy
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