History of mediaeval India : from 647 A.D. to the Mughal conquest / by Ishwari Prasad ; forwarded by L. F. Rushbrook-Williams

Includes leading dates, dynastic lists, citations and index.

India on the eve of Muslim conquest -- The advent of the Muslims -- The rise of the Ghaznavides -- The fall of the Ghaznavides -- The conquest of Hindustan and the rise of the slaves -- The extension and consolidation of slave rule -- Balban and his successors -- The rise and growth of Khilji militarism -- A period of reaction and the foundation of the Tughlaq dynasty -- Muhammad Tughlaq, the ill-starred idealist -- Firuz Tughlaq, 1351-88 A.D. -- The latter Tughlaqs and Timur's invasion -- Disintegration I : The rise of smaller principalities -- Disintegration II : The Bahmani kingdom -- Disintegration III : The empire of Vijayanagar -- An era of weak kings -- The first Afghan Empire : its rise and fall -- Civilization of the early middle ages