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Explore the contributions of the Nayanar saints (devotees of Shiva) like Karaikal Ammaiyar and the Alvar saints (devotees of Vishnu) like Andal to the spread of the Bhakti tradition in peninsular India. Discuss their teachings and devotional practices and the ways in which they connected with people through their hymns.
The Nayanars and Alvars revolutionized peninsular spirituality by prioritizing personal love for the divine over ritualistic orthodoxy. Women saints broke severe gender constraints: Karaikal Ammaiyar renounced worldly beauty to pursue an ascetic devotion to Shiva, while Andal expressed intense bridaRead more
The Nayanars and Alvars revolutionized peninsular spirituality by prioritizing personal love for the divine over ritualistic orthodoxy. Women saints broke severe gender constraints: Karaikal Ammaiyar renounced worldly beauty to pursue an ascetic devotion to Shiva, while Andal expressed intense bridal mysticism for Ranganatha in Tiruppavai. Their devotional Tamil hymns, sung across villages and temples, bypassed priestly Sanskrit, uniting diverse castes into a shared devotional culture.
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See lessChoose the most appropriate answer. Resistance and resilience are closely connected because: a. Resistance always involves warfare. b. Resilience enables communities to endure difficulties and sustain resistance. c. Resistance is possible only when a kingdom has a large army. d. Resilient societies avoid all forms of conflict.
Resilience represents a society’s capacity to absorb shocks, recover from devastating crises and adapt to difficult circumstances without losing its core identity. In contrast, resistance is the active defiance against foreign subjugation or oppression. Without resilience—such as economic self-suffiRead more
Resilience represents a society’s capacity to absorb shocks, recover from devastating crises and adapt to difficult circumstances without losing its core identity. In contrast, resistance is the active defiance against foreign subjugation or oppression. Without resilience—such as economic self-sufficiency, social cohesion and unwavering morale—any resistance quickly collapses under prolonged strain. Therefore, resilience serves as the indispensable foundation that empowers communities to endure hardships and continually sustain resistance.
For more NCERT Solutions of Class 9 Social Science Part 2 Chapter 3 Resistance and Resilience (1000–1700 CE) Question Answer (2026-27)
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See lessWhy and how did groups such as the Sikhs, Marathas and Rajputs assert their political power and identity during periods of changing political authority?
Facing imperial centralisation and religious interference, regional groups mobilized local identities to establish self-rule. The Sikhs transformed into a disciplined martial brotherhood (Khalsa) under Guru Gobind Singh to resist persecution. The Marathas, led by Chhatrapati Shivaji, utilized hill fRead more
Facing imperial centralisation and religious interference, regional groups mobilized local identities to establish self-rule. The Sikhs transformed into a disciplined martial brotherhood (Khalsa) under Guru Gobind Singh to resist persecution. The Marathas, led by Chhatrapati Shivaji, utilized hill forts, light cavalry and guerrilla warfare (Ganimi Kawa) to build Swarajya. The Rajputs asserted authority through clan confederacies, strategic fortified strongholds and asserting traditional rights over ancestral lands.
For more NCERT Solutions of Class 9 Social Science Part 2 Chapter 3 Resistance and Resilience (1000–1700 CE) Question Answer (2026-27)
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See lessWhy did some Rajput rulers decide to negotiate alliances with the Mughal power?
Several Rajput chieftains, such as the Kachhwahas of Amber, recognized the overwhelming military superiority of the Mughal empire and pursued negotiated alliances. Through marital diplomacy and military pacts, they preserved complete domestic sovereignty over their ancestral principalities (watan jaRead more
Several Rajput chieftains, such as the Kachhwahas of Amber, recognized the overwhelming military superiority of the Mughal empire and pursued negotiated alliances. Through marital diplomacy and military pacts, they preserved complete domestic sovereignty over their ancestral principalities (watan jagir). Furthermore, these alliances yielded lucrative imperial titles, high military commands and substantial administrative governance shares across distant wealthy provinces, expanding their wealth, stability and geopolitical influence.
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See lessImagine a market in a port town of India such as Surat, Masulipatnam or Puducherry. You are a foreign trader from Italy or France and want to make a deal of cotton textiles. How would you secure the product in the local market? Whose help would you seek and what kind of challenges would you face in terms of language, quality of product, prices of commodities, etc.?
To procure fine calicos and chintz in Surat or Masulipatnam, I would partner with influential local merchant bankers (banians or dalals) and provide advance cash contracts (dadni) to regional weaver guilds. My primary obstacles would involve negotiating price margins through multilingual interpreterRead more
To procure fine calicos and chintz in Surat or Masulipatnam, I would partner with influential local merchant bankers (banians or dalals) and provide advance cash contracts (dadni) to regional weaver guilds. My primary obstacles would involve negotiating price margins through multilingual interpreters, inspecting diverse thread counts for quality standards, navigating local port duties and fluctuating currency exchange rates and outbidding aggressive Portuguese, Dutch and English trade competitors.
For more NCERT Solutions of Class 9 Social Science Part 2 Chapter 3 Resistance and Resilience (1000–1700 CE) Question Answer (2026-27)
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