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The Itihāsa Chronicle · Volume II
Medieval India
Sultanates, Bhakti saints, Mughals and Marathas
The age of encounter: temple empires and Turkish conquests, the Delhi Sultanate and Vijayanagara, the devotional revolutions of Bhakti and Sufi, and the splendour and fall of Mughal Hindustan.
Open Chapter 10c. 750 – 1757 CE
Contents of the volume
8 chapters10The Early Medieval KingdomsThe Tripartite Struggle, the Rajputs and the Cholasc. 750 – 1200 CE3 min11The Arab and Turkish InvasionsFrom Sind to Tarain712 – 1206 CE2 min12The Delhi SultanateFive Dynasties, Three Centuries, One Throne1206 – 15263 min13Vijayanagara and the Bahmani KingdomThe Empires of the Deccan1336 – 15652 min14The Bhakti and Sufi MovementsLove as a Religion of the People8th – 17th century3 min15The Mughal EmpireThe Synthesis of a Civilisation1526 – 17073 min16The Rise of the MarathasFrom Shivaji's Hills to the Peshwas' Empire1646 – 18183 min17The Eighteenth CenturyDecline, Fragmentation and the New Balance of Power1707 – 17612 min