Which were the important political groups in the mediaeval period?
In the Indian subcontinent in that period, Sikhs, Marathas, Ahoms, Kayasthas, and jats, became influential.
In the Indian subcontinent in that period, Sikhs, Marathas, Ahoms, Kayasthas, and jats, became influential.
Various social and political groups emerged between 700 and 1750. The Rajputs emerged as a powerful group during this period. They belonged to the Kshatriya caste. Marathas, Sikhs, Jats and Ahoms were the other groups who occupied power at the regional level during this time period.
NOTES: New political groups emerged in the subcontinent. It happened after the death of Aurangzeb in 1707 till third battle of Panipat in 1761.
The social changes in the early medieval India were mainly the product of certain economic developments, such as land grants and large scale transfers of land revenues and land to both secular and religious elements, decline of trade and commerce, loss of mobility of artisans, peasants and traders, unequal distribution
Answer: Rajputs, Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Ahoms, and Kayasthas were the groups which came to be prominent in this age.
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