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A Textbook for Class XI

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD
PREFACE
INTRODuCTION

India after Harsha: An Overview-Rise of New

Kingdoms-Other Developments-Cultural
and
Religious Trends-Art and Literature-Material
Prosperity
RECONSTRUCTING

MEDIEVAL

1ND1A

Transition from the Ancient to the MedievalPertodSources of Study-Growth of HistoriographyColonialTrends-Modern Developments

STRUGGLE

FOR CHAKRAVARTITVA

Gurjara Pratiharas- ThePalas- The RashtrakutasNature of Polity

THE

WORLD

OF ISLAM

The Land and the People-Muhammad- The New

Community-Islam
after Muhammad-Arab
Expansion-The Frontier States of al-Hind-SindKabul, Zabul-Rise of Ghaznavids-Mahmud
Ghazni-The Ghurids-Causes ofTurkish Success
THE

INDIAN KINGDOMS

Kingdoms of North India-The Chandellas of

Jejakabhukti or Bundelkhand- The Paramaras of
Malwa-The Chahamanas
or Chauhans
of
Sakambhari-The
Kalachuris of Tripuri-The
Chalukyas of Gujarat-Kashmir
NORTH-EASTERN

AND EASTERN

Assam-Bengal-orissa,
. THE

STATES

Kalinga

DECCAN AND THE SOUTH

Chalukyas of Kalyani- The Eastern ChalukyasThe Yadavas ofDevagiri-The Kakatiyas-Dynasties

of South India -The Chola Empire-Hoysalas- The
Later Pandyas-Overview
'
FOUNDING OF THE DELHI

SULTANATE

The Mamluks '-The Shamsi Dynasties-Raziya

and Other Successors-Ghiyasuddin
.Balban-

'lbeory ofKingship-End ofMamluk Rule~Nobility

Under the Mamluks
,
Tm OEl,IU SULTANATE -11
The Khaljis-Alauddin Khalji-Mongols-Nobility
Under the Khaljis-The Tughlaqs-Ghiyasuddin
Tughlaq-Muhammad bin Tughlaq-Transfer of
Capltal-Token Currency-The Khurasan and
achil Projects- Taxation in the Doab-RevoltsRevolt ofthe Amrin-i-Sada-Religious BeliefsShah Tughlaq-Expeditions-Mongolsdttary Assignments-Religious Orientationty Under the Tughlaqs
THE VtJAYANAGAR AND BAHAMANI KINGDOMS

70-88

89-97

Eoundlng of Vijayanagar- Vijayanagar -Bahamani

nfllcts-Bahamani Kingdom-Climaxand Decline
Ytjayanagar-Contribution
TWIUGHT

98-107

YEARS

ur's Invasion-The
Sayyids-The Lodis!sitltegration of the Sultanate-The Eastern
e tons-Bengal, Kamarupa, Orlssa-Western
-Gujarat-Malwa-Mewar-Marwar-Amber,-west and North India-Jaunpur-Kashmir
MY

IN SULTANATE TIMES

108-113

ltural Production-Rural Classes-Agrartan

n-Iqtas-N on -Agricultural Productionerce-Slavery-Currency
AND RELIGIOUS

TRENDS

114-128

nate Architecture-Early
Structures
ecture Under the Khaljls lind Tughlaqs ,'Later Monuments-Language
and LlteraturePersian
Literature-Sanskrlt
and Hindi
,\' Literature-Fine Arts-Cultural Encounter -Links
, wlth the Caliph -Conversions-Bhakti Movement":
, The Varkari Path-Saguna
Bhakti-Birth
of
, Sikhlsm-Other Sects-8ufi Movement
.
"

~,

1'3.' ',' FOUNDATION

OF MUGHAL

RULE

Bapllr-Indian Encoun ters- Panlpa t-Khan ua-~--- Afghans Again-Assessment-Humayun-The

''\: ~ . Mghan Interregnum-Sher
Shah- The Rajput
Challenge-Administratfve
Measures-Land
~
Revenue Under Sher Shah
14.
INDIA UNDER AKBAR
'138-156
Early Conquests and Uprisings-Akbar and the
Rajputs-Fatehpur
Sikri-Further
ConquestsAkbar and the Deccan":ImperialIdeology-Religious

129-137

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Evolution-Composition ofthe Nobility-Mansabdri
System-Land Grants-Land Revenue and Methods
of Assessment-Magnitude of Revenue DemandRural Taxes other than Land Revenue
CONSOLIDATION OF MUGHAL RULE

Jahangir-The
Deccan-The Sikhs-Religious
Disposition-Nur
Jahan-Succession-Shah
Jahan-The Southern Frontier-The North-WestPol1ticalCulture-The Sikhs-Nobility under Shah
Jahan-War of Succession
CLIMAX AND DISINTEGRATION

Aurangzeb- The Revolts of the Jats, Satnamis.

Sikhs and Rajputs- The Jats - The Satnamis-The
Sikhs-Other Uprisings-The Rajput RebellionNobility under Aurangzeb- Tbe Rise of European
Pol1ticalPower
THE

'

DECCAN IMBROGLIO

Rise of the Marathas-Shivaji-Shaista Khan-Sac1{

of Surat-Treaty of Purandar-Visit to the Mughal
Court-Coronation and Contribution-The Arrival
of Prince Akbar-Bijapur
and Golconda-The
Marathas Revisit~d-Marathas after Aurangzeb
&rATE

OF THE ECONOMY

Tbe System ofAgricultural Production-South lndia

- The Position of Zamindars- The Peasant ArmedSlave Trade-Inland
Trade-N on -agricultural
ProducUon-T~e Advent of European Trading
Compapies-European
Companies and New
Trading Centres-The Growth of Urban CentresTechnologtcalProgress-Population-Prtces-WagesMoney
CULTlJRAL AHn RELIGIOUS

PATTERNS

208-~21

Architecture- Tbe Akbari Monuments-Jahangir's

ContribuUon-Tbe Zenith under Shah JahanDecline-Medieval Palaces and Buildings-Mughal
Painting-Music-Literary Developments-Bhakti
Movement Continu~s
GLossARY

222-224

BJBUOGRAPHY

225-228

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