S.Chand History of Medieval India

Table of Content

Part-I: Sultanate Period

• Sources of Information for Medieval India • The Rise of Islam • Arab Conquest of Sindh • India on the Eve of Muslim Conquest • Rise and Fall of the Ghaznavides • Muhammad Ghori or Muhammad of Ghur • The Slave Dynasty • The Khalji Dynasty • Mongol Invasions of India • The Tughluqs or Qaraunah Turks • The Sayyid Dynasty • The Lodi • Disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate • The Bahmani Kingdom • The Vijayanagar Empire • Administrative System of Delhi Sultanate • Architecture and Literature • Social, Religious and Economic Condition in Early Medieval India • The Bhakti Movement • Sufism in India • Impact of Muslim Conquest on India • Nature of the State in Medieval India

Part-II: Mughal Period

• India on the Eve of Babur's Invasion • Babur (1526-1530) • Humayun (1530-1556) • Sher Shah Sur and his Successors (1540-1556) • Akbar, The Great (1556-1605) • Jahangir and Noorjahan (1605-1627) • Shah Jahan (1627-1658) • Aurangzeb Alamgir (1658-I707) • Rise of the Marathas • History of Maratha Peshwa (Till 1761) • Rise and Growth of Sikh • Mughal Administration • Art and Literature in Mughal India • Social and Economic Condition in Mughal India • Religious Policy of the Mughals • Deccan Policy of the Mughals • Disintegration of the Mughal Empire • Society of Culture in the 18th Century • History and Historians of Mughal India