CBSE Class 7 Social Science, Chapter 4: Turning Tides: 11th and 12th Centuries
NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond Part 2, pages 97–124. 14 topics, about 8 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 97–99
- The Ghaznavid Invasionspages 99–103
- Al-Bīrūnīpage 104
- Bhāskarāchāryapages 104–107
- Eastern Indiapage 107
- Further Southpages 107–108
- The Kākatīyaspages 108–109
- The Hoysalaspages 109–110
- The Cholas, masters of the seaspages 110–113
- Back to the Northpage 113
- The Paramāraspages 113–114
- A turning point: the Ghūrids in Indiapages 114–118
- Governance, Trade and Cultural Lifepages 118–121
- Taking Stockpages 121–123
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.