‘‘History of Medieval India’’ The favourable and warm reception which the previous editions and reprints of this book have enjoyed all over India, is a matter of great satisfaction for us.
In this edition in Part-I a New Chapter No. 1 ‘Sources of Information for Medieval India’ and in Part-II chapter no. 10 ‘‘History of Mughal Period’’ (till 1761) have been incorporated. Almost all the topics have been thoroughly gone through, presented lucidly.
Many topics of this book have been re-written and restructured.
Error which have come to our notice have been rectified.
Modified maps have been inserted at appropriate places.
Exercises in the form of Long Answers type Questions, Short Answers type Questions and Multiple Choice type Questions have been added at the end of the each chapter.
This book is useful for BA MA students of History of all Indian Universities and other competitive examinations like PCS and IAS.
Part I :
1 Sources of Information for Medieval India
2 The Rise of Islam
3 Arab Conquest of Siindh
4 India on the eve of Muslim Conquest
5 Rise and fall of the Ghaznavides
6 Muhammad Ghori or Muhammad of Ghur
7 The Slave Dynasty 8 The Khalji Dynasty
9 Mongol invasion of India
10 The Tughluqs or Qaraunah Turks
11 The Sayyid Dynasty
12 The Lodi Dynasty
13 Disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate
14 The Bahmani Kingdom
15 The Vijayanagar Empire
16 Administrative System of Delhi Sultanate
17 Architecture and Literature
18 Social Religious and Economic Condition In Early Medieval India
19 The Bhakti Movement
20 Sufism in India
21 Impact of Muslim Conquest on India
22 Nature of The State in Medieval India
23 Chronological Table
24 Index
Part II
25 India on The Eve of Baburs Invasion
26 Babur 1526? 1530
27 Humayun 1530?1556
28 Sher Shah Sur and His Successors 1540-1556
29 Akbar The Great 1556?1605
30 Jahangir 1605?1627
31 Shah Jahan 1627?1658
32 Aurangzeb Alamgir 1658?I707
33 Rise of the Marathas
34 History of Maratha Peshwa Till 1761
35 Rise and Growth of Sikh Power
36 Mughal Administration
37 Art and Literature in Mughal India
38 Social and Economic Condition in Mughal India
39 Religious Policy of the Mughals
40 Deccan Policy of the Mughals
41 Disintegration of the Mughal Empire
42 Society of Culture in the 18th Century
43 History and Historians of Mughal India
