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The Delhi Sultanate policy of ‘internal frontier’ meant

  • 1
    keeping a check on internal rebellions
  • 2
    conflict over hereditary rights to appoint successor
  • 3
    cutting down forests to consolidate the hinterlands
  • 4
    maintaining a circle of justice for effective control
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Answer : 3. "cutting down forests to consolidate the hinterlands"
Explanation :

The Delhi Sultanate policy of 'internal frontier' meant cutting down forests to consolidate the hinterlands. In the early thirteenth century, the control of the Delhi Sultans rarely went beyond heavily fortified towns occupied by garrisons.

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