History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET December 2020 History (Shift-II)
Babur introduced new military tactics in India: carts lashed together by iron-chains and protected by ditches, and the flanking parties (tulghuma). From where did Babur borrow these tactics?
AFrom the Ottomans and the Safavids
BFrom the Ottomans and the Uzbeks ✓ Correct
CFrom China and Central Asia
DFrom the Uzbeks and the Safavids
Correct answer: (B) From the Ottomans and the Uzbeks — Babur borrowed these from the Ottomans and the Uzbeks, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Babur borrowed these from the Ottomans and the Uzbeks, so that is the answer.
★Babur introduced new military tactics in India.
★These were the carts lashed together by iron-chains and protected by ditches.
★They also included the flanking parties, the tulghuma.
★Babur borrowed these tactics from the Ottomans and the Uzbeks.
★So the tactics were borrowed from the Ottomans and the Uzbeks.
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