NCERT "Our Pasts II"

📚 NCERT TEXTBOOK

Our Pasts II — Class 7 History, published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Prescribed by CBSE + most Indian state boards. Foundation reading for UPSC Civil Services aspirants.

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Topics in NCERT "Our Pasts II" (8)

📜 Tracing Changes (1000 Years)

6 loc · 24 cards · Ch 1: Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II)

👑 New Kings & Kingdoms (7-12 c.)

11 loc · 59 cards · Ch 2: New Kings and Kingdoms (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II)

🕌 Delhi Sultanate (12-15 c.)

12 loc · 70 cards · Ch 3: Delhi: 12th to 15th Century (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II)

🏛️ The Mughals (16-17 c.)

17 loc · 94 cards · Ch 4: The Mughals (16th to 17th Century) (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II)

🌾 Tribes, Nomads & Settled

9 loc · 43 cards · Ch 5: Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II)

🕉️ Bhakti & Sufi Movements

12 loc · 42 cards · Ch 6: Devotional Paths to the Divine (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II)

🎨 Making of Regional Cultures

11 loc · 45 cards · Ch 7: The Making of Regional Cultures (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II)

⚔️ 18th-Century Political Formations

11 loc · 70 cards · Ch 8: Eighteenth-Century Political Formations (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II)

Chapters covered

Ch 1: Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II) — Tracing Changes (1000 Years) (6 loc · 24 cards)
Ch 2: New Kings and Kingdoms (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II) — New Kings & Kingdoms (7-12 c.) (11 loc · 59 cards)
Ch 3: Delhi: 12th to 15th Century (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II) — Delhi Sultanate (12-15 c.) (12 loc · 70 cards)
Ch 4: The Mughals (16th to 17th Century) (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II) — The Mughals (16-17 c.) (17 loc · 94 cards)
Ch 5: Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II) — Tribes, Nomads & Settled (9 loc · 43 cards)
Ch 6: Devotional Paths to the Divine (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II) — Bhakti & Sufi Movements (12 loc · 42 cards)
Ch 7: The Making of Regional Cultures (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II) — Making of Regional Cultures (11 loc · 45 cards)
Ch 8: Eighteenth-Century Political Formations (NCERT Class 7 — Our Pasts II) — 18th-Century Political Formations (11 loc · 70 cards)

Sample questions from this textbook

Who made the famous 1154 CE world map showing the Indian subcontinent?

AL-IDRISI — Arab geographer working at the court of Roger II in Sicily. His map is "south-up" (south at the top), unlike modern maps.

Who was the most powerful Gurjara-Pratihara ruler?

MIHIR BHOJA (r. 836-885 CE) — moved the capital to KANNAUJ, repelled Arab raids, briefly held the empire from Sind to Bengal. Adopted the title "ADIVARAHA" (the original boar incarnation of Vishnu).

Who founded the Slave Dynasty and when?

QUTB-UD-DIN AIBAK (r. 1206-1210) — slave-general of Muhammad of Ghor; declared independence after Ghor's death (1206); built the Qutub Minar (started) and Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque (Delhi's first mosque, on the site of a demolished Hindu temple).

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About NCERT "Our Pasts II"

Class 7 History — NCERT survey of medieval India: Delhi Sultans, Mughal empire, regional kingdoms, Bhakti + Sufi devotional movements, tribes + nomadic communities, 18th-century political formations. The textbook is part of the NCERT syllabus for Class 7 History + is the official textbook prescribed by CBSE (the Central Board of Secondary Education) + most state boards across India. It is also a foundational reference for UPSC Civil Services aspirants preparing the History component of GS-I.

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