Modern Indian history. Vol.I : from 1526 / by S. C. Sarkar and K. K. Datta

Includes references, appendices and index.

CHAPTER I - THE BEGINNING OF THE MODERN AGE AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUGHAL DOMINION IN INDIA : Introduction -- Political condition of India on the eve of Babar's invasion and the beginning of the Mughal Empire -- CHAPTER II - AFGHAN REVIVAL: SHER SHAH AND THE SURS -- CHAPTER III - RESTORATION OF MUGHAL DOMINION: HUMAYUN AND AKBAR (UPTO 1562) -- CHAPTER IV - CONSOLIDATION, EXPANSION, AND ZENITH OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE (1562-1707) : The dynasty and the succession in the empire -- Mughal imperialism and territorial expansion -- Mughal north-west frontier and central Pacific policy -- The Deccan in relation to the Mughal empire -- Relations between the Mughals and the Marathas -- Relations of the Mughals with the Sikhs, the Jats, the Bundelas and the Satnamis -- Rajput policy of the Mughal emperors -- CHAPTER V - LATER MUGHALS AND BREAK-UP OF THE EMPIRE -- CHAPTER VI - INTERNAL CONDITION OF INDIA UNDER THE EARLIER AND LATER MUGHALS : Mughal administration (civil and military) -- Social and economic life in Mughal India -- Course of religious history and the religious policies of the Mughal sovereigns -- Literature and art in Mughal India