The administrative evolution of the Tawang tract during the late medieval period exemplifies which of the following unique governance models in the northeastern frontier?

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Tawang tract during the late medieval period operated under a dual administration where Tibetan monastic authorities, specifically linked to Tawang Monastery and Lhasa, collected taxes and exercised spiritual-administrative oversight, while local village councils managed internal customary affairs. The Inner Line Regulation was a British enactment of 1873, not a medieval model. Mughal control never reached the Tawang hills. This unique religio-political framework persisted until the formal delineation of the boundary in the 20th century.