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Critically evaluate the educational development during the Sultanate period.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

Education under the Delhi Sultanate grew along two largely parallel, non-intersecting tracks, and a critical evaluation has to weigh institutional richness against how narrow the base of that "development" actually was.

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  • Two Systems, Rarely Meeting
  • Institutions and Royal Patronage as the System's Engine
  • The Critical Question: How Wide Was the Base of This "Development"?

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