The Class 8 social science book is the first in the new NCERT books to introduce students to the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal period.

With a cautionary note urging readers not to blame any present individual or community by the past, the NCERT claimed that the book aims to present history in its raw and unsanitised form.

The NCERT’s new Class 8 textbook provides a transformed perspective on the history of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal empires.

As well as medieval, early modern and nineteenth-century history, Social History aims to extend its coverage of twentieth-century work. The journal is dedicated to providing a forum for theoretical ...