Table Of Contents Part I : Our Pasts ? I (History) Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years New Kings and Kingdoms The Delhi Sultans The Mughal Empire Rulers and Buildings Towns, Traders and Craftspersons Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities Devotional Paths to the Divine The Making of Regional Cultures Eighteenth Century Political Formations Part II : Our Environment (Geography) Environment Inside Our Earth Our Changing Earth Air Water Natural Vegetation and Wild Life Human Environment-Settlement, Transport and Communication Human Environment Interactions: The Tropical and the Subtropical Regions Life in the Deserts Part III : Social and Political Life-I (Civics) On Equality Role of the Government in Health How the State Government Works Growing Up as Boys and Girls Women Change the World Understanding Media Understanding Advertisting Markets Around Us A Shirt in the Market Struggle for Equality