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Medieval History

STRUGGLE FOR EMPIRE IN NORTH INDIA :AFGHANS, RAJPUTS, AND THE MUGHALS (BABUR AND HUMAYUN)

19 Mar 20192 May 2019

In the period between 1517 and 1519, two apparently unconnected events took place which profoundly affected the history of India. The death of the Afghan ruler, Sikandar Lodi, at Agra…

Medieval History

Religious Movements in Medival India: Bhakti Movement

19 Mar 20192 May 2019

The Bhakti movement in Indian history represents a movement that popularized devotional surrender to a personally conceived supreme God. Its origins are traced to the Brahamanical and Buddhist traditions of…

Medieval History

Religious Movements of Medieval India :Sufism

19 Mar 20192 May 2019

‘Sufism’ is a term used to refer to mystical religious ideas in Islam. It had evolved into a well developed movement by the 11 century. Sufis, stress on the importance…

Medieval History

THE MONGOL THREAT TO INDIA DURING THE 13TH-14TH CENTURIES

19 Mar 20191 Oct 2021

Although India was defended in the North and the North-West by a range of mountains, the Himalayas and their extension, the low mountains in the North-West were pierced by passes…

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Utopian policies of Muhainmad-bin-Tughlaq:-

19 Mar 20192 May 2019

Transfer of Capital One of the controversial measures of Muhammad bin Tughlaq was that he transferred his capital from Delhi to Deogir (Daultabad) because it was more centrally located. The…

Medieval History

Allaudin Khilji

19 Mar 20192 May 2019

Milatary Regulations of Alauddin Khalji In the earlier period of Ala-ud-Din reign several of his nobles broke out in open revolt. After deliberate thinking he came to the conclusion that…

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Foundation of Delhi Sultanate and early Turkish Sultans.

19 Mar 20198 Apr 2019

By the time of Muizzuddin Muhammad’s death in 1206, the Turks had been able to extend their sway upto Lakhnauti in Bengal, Ajmer and Ranthambor in Rajasthan, upto the boundaries…

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The Ghaznavid Invasion of India

19 Mar 20198 Apr 2019

The Ghaznavid Dynasty was founded after the Turk slaves reached higher posts, such as commander-in-chiefs, in the Samanid court; they then took over the state of Khorasan. The real founder…

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The Arab Invasion of India

19 Mar 20191 Oct 2021

The first incursion by the new Muslim successor states of the Persian Empire occurred around 664 CE during the Umayyad Caliphate(Arab), led by Mohalib towards Multan in Southern Punjab, in…