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(a) To what extent is 'Segmentary State' model relevant for defining the Vijayanagar State? Critically examine. (20 marks)

(b) How was Iqta system of the Sultans different from the Jagir system under the Mughals? (15 marks)

(c) “India had been for hundreds of years the Lancashire of the Eastern world.” Critically examine this view. (15 marks)