History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET June 2012 History
Who commented on the rule of the First Afghan empire in India that 'there was an opportunity to establish in India the constitutional monarchy, but the dissensions among the Afghan nobles let the opportunity pass away'?
AK.A. Nizami
BPeter Jackson
CR.P. Tripathi ✓ Correct
DJohn F. Richards
Correct answer: (C) R.P. Tripathi — The Indian historian R.P. Tripathi made this comment, so the answer is R.P. Tripathi.
Explanation
★The Indian historian R.P. Tripathi made this comment, so the answer is R.P. Tripathi.
★He observed that the First Afghan or Lodi empire might have built a constitutional monarchy.
★The Afghan idea of the king as first among equal nobles held that possibility.
★But the constant quarrels among the Afghan nobles wasted the chance.
★This weakness helped Babur defeat the Lodis at Panipat in 1526.
★Tripathi wrote influential works on Mughal and Sultanate history.
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