9789380752334 - History of Medieval India (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. viii + 296.

Contents Preface 1 Rajput 2 The Delhi Sultanate Circa 1200-1550 3 Turkish campaigns 4 Vijayanagar kingdom 5 Akbar campaigns and conquests 6 Extension of Mughal rule under Jahangir and Shah Jahan 7 Mughal empire under Aurangzeb 8 Agrarian and Jagir crises revolts 9 Deccan kingdoms 10 Emergence of Marathas Shivaji 11 Decline of Mughal Bibliography IndexAfter the death of Harsha the Rajputs came into prominence on the political horizons of North India The Rajputs weakened each other by constant wrangling The disunity among Rajuts allowed the foreigners Turks to enter India The Rajputs weakened each other by constant fighting This allowed the foreigners Turks to embark on victorious campaigns using duplicity and deceit wherever military strength failed against Rajputs In Western India Shivaji 1637-80 had forged the Marathas into an efficient military machine and given them a sense of national identity They adopted guerrilla tactics to maul the Mughals and put a severe drain on their economic resources The contenders for political supremacy in the 17th and 18th centuries included besides the Marathas the Sikhs in Punjab and Hyder Ali in Mysore Tipu Sultan allied himself with the French against the British and strove to introduce the latest technical knowledge from Europe jacket 296 pp.