History of medieval India (800-1700) / by Satish Chandra

Includes appendix, bibliography and index.

India and the world -- Northern India: age of the three empires (800-1000) -- South India: the Chola empire (900-1200) -- Economic and social life, education and religious beliefs (800-1200) -- The age of conflict (Circa 1000-1200) -- The Delhi Sultanat I (Circa 1200-1300) -- The Delhi Sultanat II (Circa 1300-1400) -- Government, economic and social life under the Delhi Sultanat -- The age of Vijayanagara and the Bahmanids, and the coming of the Portuguese (Circa 1350-1565) -- Struggle for empire in North India I (Circa 1400-1525) -- Cultural development in India (1200-1500) -- Struggle for empire in North India II: Mughals and Afghans (1525-1555) -- Consolidation of the Mughal empire: Age of Akbar -- The Deccan and South India (Up to 1656) -- India in the first half of the seventeenth century -- Economic and social life under the Mughals -- Cultural and religious developments -- Climax and disintegration of the Mughal Empire I -- Climax and disintegration of the Mughal Empire II -- Assessment and review