CLASS 7 NCERT HISTORY SHORT NOTES IN ENGLISH

Map 1 :- Arab geographer Al-Idrisi' Was built in 1154. The map given here is part of a larger map of the world made by him and shows the Indian subcontinent. At this time there was a lack of information about things and the technology to make maps. Due to which this map is shown upside down.

Map 2 :- Created by French cartographer in 1720. At this time the techniques of cartography had changed considerably. This cartographer was created about 600 years later. European sailors and traders used this map for their sea travels. new and old

Vocabulary :- Historical records are available in a variety of languages, and these languages have also changed greatly over time. Take the word 'Hindustan' for example. Today we are such a modern nation state ' India ' Let's take it in the sense of. When Persian historians in the thirteenth century minhaj-e-siraj When he used the word Hindustan, it meant Punjab, Haryana and the areas situated between Ganga-Yamuna. He used this word in the political sense for those areas which came under the jurisdiction of the 'Sultan' of Delhi.

The word Hindustan never included South India. In the beginning of the sixteenth century, Babur used the word Hindustan to describe the geography, animals, birds and culture of the inhabitants of this subcontinent. But when 'India' was being recognized as a geographical and cultural entity, the word Hindustan did not have the political and national connotations that we attach to it today. As if any unknown person coming to a village, who was not a part of its society or culture, was called a 'foreigner'.

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