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List of Illustrations p.ix, List of Maps p.xi, Acknowledgements p.xiii, Introduction p.3, Stereotypes and Challenges p.3, Two Transregional Worlds: Sanskrit and Persianate p.10, 1. The Growth of Turkic Power, 1000-1300 p.19, A Tale of Two Raids: 1022,1025 p.19, Political Culture in the Sanskrit World p.23, Political Culture in the Persianate World p.30, The Ghurid Conquest of North India, 1192-1206 p.37, The Delhi Sultanate under the Mamluks, or Slave Kings p.45, Conclusion p.57, 2. The Diffusion of Sultanate Systems, 1200-1400 p.62, Imperial Expansion Across the Vindhyas p.62, Settlers, Shaikhs and the Diffusion of Sultanate Institutions p.73, The Early Bengal Sultanate p.76, Sultanates of the Deccan: the Bahmanis and Vijayanagara p.80, The Early Kashmir Sultanate p.88, The Decline of the Tughluq Empire p.92, Conclusion p.97, 3. Timur's Invasion and Legacy 1400-1550 p.100, Overview p.100, Upper India p.105, Bengal p.111, Kashmir p.114, Gujarat p.119, Malwa p.122, Emerging Identities: the Idea of 'Rajput' p.128, Writing in Vernacular Languages p.133, Conclusion p.138, 4. The Deccan and the South, 1400-1650 p.142, Links to the Persianate World p.142, Successors to the Bahmani State p.149, Political and Cultural Evolution at Vijayanagara p.157, Gunpowder Technology in the Deccan p.167, Cultural Production in the Gunpowder Age p.173, Vijayanagara's Successors and South India p.175, Conclusion p.190, 5. The Consolidation of Mughal Rule, 1526-1605 p.195, Overview p.195, Babur p.198, Humayun p.206, Akbar's Early Years p.205, Emerging Identities: Rajputs p.217, Mughal Expansion Under Akbar p.224, Akbar's Religious Ideas p.233, Conclusion p.239, 6. India under Jahangir and Shah Jahan, 1605-1658 p.244, Jahangir p.244, The View from the Frontier p.252., The Deccan: Africans and Marathas p.259, Emerging Identities: the Idea of Sikh' p.264, Assessing Jahangir p.271, Shah Jahan p.273, Conclusion p.282, 7. Aurangzeb – from Prince to Emperor 'Alamgir, 1618-1707 p.288, Prince Aurangzeb - Four Vignettes p.288, War of Succession, 1657-9 p.301, 'Alamgir's Early Reign p.309, Emerging Identities: the Marathas from Shahji to Tarabai p.314, One Pomegranate to Serve a Hundred Sick Men' Religion and Sovereignty Under Alamgir p.325, Conclusion p.327, 8. Eighteenth century Transitions p.340, Political Changes, I707-48 p.340, Maratha Uprisings p.350, Sikh Uprisings p.355, Emerging Identities: Muslims in Bengal and Punjab p.361, Early Modern Globalization p.368, Conclusion p.377, Conclusion and Epilogue p.380, India in the Persianate World p.380, The Mughals in the Sanskrit World p.386, The Lotus and the Lion p.390, Towards Modernity p.393 |
