CBSE Class 8 Social Science, Chapter 2: Reshaping India’s Political Map
NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond Part 1, pages 21–60. 16 topics, about 13 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 21–25
- Rise and Fall of the Delhi Sultanatepages 25–28
- Resistance to the Delhi Sultanatepages 29–31
- The Vijayanagara Empirepages 31–33
- Krishnadevarayapages 34–36
- The Mughalspages 36–37
- Akbarpages 38–42
- Aurangzebpages 42–45
- Resistance to the Mughalspages 45–46
- Surge of the Rajputspages 46–48
- The Ahomspages 48–49
- The Rise of the Sikhspages 50–53
- Administering Indiapage 53
- Administration under the Delhi Sultanatepage 53
- The Mughal administrative frameworkpages 53–55
- People’s Livespages 55–59
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.