Syllabus (HISTORY)

Course Type: ME-3

Semester: 3

Course Code: BHISMWT23T

Course Title: India under Delhi Sultanate and Regional powers: 1206-1526AD

(L-P-Tu): 3-0-1

Credit: 4

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: X

Learning Outcome: X

India under Delhi Sultanate and Regional powers: 1206-1526AD

UNIT- I: Learning Medieval India

I. Important sources of Medieval Indian History

II. Early Turks, Khaljis, and Tughlaqs,Lodi and Sayyid dynasty, Invasion of Timur

UNIT- II: Sultan’s Administration

Ruling Elites, Military organizations; Mongol threats; territorial changes; Iqta system and it relations with rural intermediaries – 20 classes

UNIT –III: Regional powers

I. Ruling Dynasties of Rajput States (Mewar and Marwar), Orissa, Kashmir

II. Vijaynagar Empire

III. Bahamani Kingdom– 20 classes

UNIT- IV: Changes in Society and Economy

Society and economy in North India; impact of land and water resources on society; agricultural production and technologies; rural society and revenue system – 20 classes

UNIT –V: Trade and Commerce

Urbanization and non-agricultural production; monetization, market regulations and trade; Indian Ocean trade – 15 classes

Reading References:

M. Habib and K.A. Nizami (eds), The Delhi Sultanat, Vol.5, New Delhi

Satish Chandra, Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals, 2 vols, New Delhi; Essays on Medieval Indian History, OUP

K.S. Lal, History of the Khaljis 1290-1320, Allahabad

J.N. Sarkar, History of Bengal 1200-1757, Patna

W.H. Moreland, The Agrarian System of Moslem India, Allahabad

K.N. Choudhuri, Trade and Civilizationin the Indian Ocean, New Delhi

Raychoudhuri&Habib (eds), The Cambridge Economic History of India, 1200-1700, CUP

A.L Srivastava: Delhi Sultanate (English or Hindi Version), Shiv Lal Agarwal & Co., Agra, Reprint, 2017

B.N.S Yadav : Society and Culture in North India in the 12th century. Raka Prakashan, Prayagraj, 2012

B.P. Majumdar: Socio-Economic History of Northern India, Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay (1960)

Babasaheb Purandare: Raja Shivchattrapati, Vol. I & II, Purandare Prakashan, 2020

G.H. Ojha: Rajputane Ka Itihas,(Hindi) Vaidik Yantralaya, Ajmer, 1927

G.N Sharma: Mewar and the Mughal Emperors, Shiv Lal Agarwal, Agra, 1962

Herman Kulke (ed.) The State in India (1000-1700), OUP, 1995