Medieval India : from Sultanat to the Mughals : Mughal empire (1526-1748). Part Two / by Satish Chandra

Includes glossary, references and index.

Central Asian politics and the advance of Babur towards India -- Struggle for empire in North India: Afghans, Rajput and Mughals -- Struggle for empire in North India: Humayun and the Afghans -- The establishment of the North Indian empire - the Surs -- Consolidation and expansion of the empire - Akbar -- State and government under Akbar -- Akbar's religious views, relations with the Ulama and social reforms -- The Deccan and the Mughals (upto 1657) -- Foreign policy of the Mughals -- India in the first half of the seventeenth century -- Aurangzeb - religious policies, North India and Rajputs -- Climax and crisis of the Mughal empire the Marathas and the Deccan -- Society - structure and growth -- Economic life - patterns and prospects -- Religion, fine arts, science and technology -- Northern India in the first half of the eighteenth century -- The Maratha bid for supremacy