Recommended by: Shailendra Raj Mehta

Contents
Transition from Ancient to Medieval India
EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA
CONDITIONS IN INDIA DURING
Northern India Under the Delhi Sultanate
FOUNDATION AND CONSOLIDATION
THE KHILJIS
THE TUGHLAQS
DECLINE OF THE DELHI SULTANATE
JAHANGIR AND SHAH JAHAN
AURANGZEB
MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION
SOCIOECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS
LITERATURE ARCHITECTURE AND
DECLINE OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
Aurangzebs Responsibility
Rise of the Regional Powers

STATE AND SOCIETY UNDER THE DELHI SULTANS
The Kingdom of Vijayanagar
CONTOURS OF THE VIJAYANAGAR STATE
The Bahmani Kingdom and the Deccani Sultanates
ADMINISTRATIVE SOCIOECONOMIC
THE BAHMANI SUCCESSOR STATES
Religious Thought in Medieval India
SUFI THOUGHT
The Mughal Empire
HUMAYUN AND THE SUR INTERLUDE
AKBAR THE GREAT
RISE OF THE PESHWAS
EMERGING REGIONAL STATES
Advent of the Europeans and
Establishment and Consolidation of British Power in Bengal
Ideologies and Tools of Colonial Expansion
British Confrontation with Native and Neighbouring States
Economy and Society
Further Readings