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The establishment of large number of urban settlements in North India in the thirteenth century was principally owing to the deployment of Turkish garrisons across the lands. Comment.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

The claim contains a genuine kernel of truth, but only for the opening phase of Turkish rule.

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  • The Case for the Garrison Thesis
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