A Comprehensive History of Medieval India: Twelfth to the Mid-eighteenth CenturyPresents a consolidated timeline of medieval India by taking into account the period that marked the end of ancient India, and focusing on the importance of the transitory centuries when Delhi had begun to surface as the new power center, triggering prominent trends in thought and institutions. This book analyzes the nature of social forces, complexity of causation and the interdependence of change and continuity in the light of the crucial transition from ancient to early medieval India, with the emergence of the Delhi Sultanate and the Vijayanagar-Bahmani kingdoms. Proceeding to detail the most effervescent period in Indian history - the era of the great Mughals - the text provides an insight into the ideological-philosophical basis of the times, focusing on the Sufi and Bhakti movements, and culminates with the rise of the Marathas, the advent of European companies, and the eventual establishment of the British in Bengal. keeping in mind that the history of medieval India has not moved in a linear fashion, and that much of the period saw phases of expansion and realignment of political attributes, this book contributes to a deeper understanding of the much misread period of Indian history with a view that takes into account the resultant interface between the political, social, economic, religious and cultural elements and devotes to this crucial period the attention it deserves. |
Contents
Transition from Ancient to Medieval India 2408 | 3 |
EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA | 16 |
CONDITIONS IN INDIA DURING | 30 |
Northern India Under the Delhi Sultanate | 43 |
FOUNDATION AND CONSOLIDATION | 56 |
THE KHILJIS | 67 |
THE TUGHLAQS | 77 |
DECLINE OF THE DELHI SULTANATE | 85 |
JAHANGIR AND SHAH JAHAN | 250 |
AURANGZEB | 259 |
MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION | 268 |
SOCIOECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS | 279 |
LITERATURE ARCHITECTURE AND | 290 |
DECLINE OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE | 300 |
Rise of the Regional Powers | 313 |
RISE OF THE PESHWAS | 328 |
STATE AND SOCIETY UNDER THE DELHI SULTANS | 96 |
The Kingdom of Vijayanagar | 113 |
CONTOURS OF THE VIJAYANAGAR STATE | 130 |
The Bahmani Kingdom and the Deccani Sultanates | 149 |
ADMINISTRATIVE SOCIOECONOMIC | 160 |
THE BAHMANI SUCCESSOR STATES | 170 |
Religious Thought in Medieval India | 186 |
SUFI THOUGHT | 201 |
The Mughal Empire | 219 |
HUMAYUN AND THE SUR INTERLUDE | 229 |
AKBAR THE GREAT | 237 |
EMERGING REGIONAL STATES | 339 |
Advent of the Europeans and | 353 |
Establishment and Consolidation of British Power in Bengal | 366 |
Ideologies and Tools of Colonial Expansion | 372 |
British Confrontation with Native and Neighbouring States | 379 |
Economy and Society | 389 |
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