| Lecture 01 |
Tripartite struggle |
- The Struggle for Domination in North India: The Palas.
- The Pratiharas: Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
- The Rashtrakutas: Deccan Dynasty of Warriors and Administrators
- Political Ideas and Administration
- Administration, Society, and Cultural Contributions in the Rashtrakutas Empire
- Minor Dynasties during this period
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| Lecture 02 |
Emergence of Cholas and other South Indian Kingdom |
- Initial Rulers and Contributions
- Administrative Structure and Governance
- Socio-Economic and Cultural Aspects
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| Lecture 03 |
Early Muslim Invasion |
- Arab Conquest of Sindh
- Muhammad Bin Qasim
- Mahmood Of Ghazni
- Rise of the Turks and the Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate
- The Rajput States
- Turkish Conquest of North India
- Muhammad Gori
- Battle of Tarain
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| Lecture 04 |
Delhi Sultanate (1) |
- The Mamluk or The Slave Dynasty (1206-1290)
- Qutubuddin Aibak (1206-1210)
- Shamsuddin Iltutmish (1210-1236)
- Raziya (1236-1240)
- Ghiyasuddin Balban (1266-1287)
- The Khalji Dynasty (1290-1320)
- Jalaluddin Khalji (1290-1296)
- Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316)
- Reforms by Alauddin Khalji
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| Lecture 05 |
Delhi Sultanate (2) |
- Tughluq Dynasty (1320-1414)
- Ghiyasuddin Tughluq (1320-1324)
- Mohammed Bin Tughluq (1324-1351)
- Firuz Shah Tughluq (1351-1388)
- The Sayyid Dynasty (1414-1451)
- The Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526)
- Government, Economic and Social Structure of India during the Delhi Sultanate
- Technology during the Delhi Sultanate
- Attack By Mongols and other Turks
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| Lecture 06 |
Bhakti Movement |
- The Bhakti Movement
- Diversity and Classification of Bhakti Traditions
- Women in the Bhakti Movement
- Bhakti saints
- The Sufi Movement
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| Lecture 07 + 08 |
Vijaynagar Empire |
- Foundation and Geographical Setting
- Founders and Historical Context
- Dynastic Evolution
- Deva Raya I (1406-1422)
- Deva Raya II (1423-46)
- Krishna Deva Raya (1509-1529)
- The Aravidu Dynasty: 1570-1650 AD
- Administrative Structure
- Travellers to the city
- The city
- Cultural and Social Fabric
- Hampi: the lost city
- Position of women
- The Bahmani Kingdom
- Conflict between the Vijayanagara and the Bahmani Kingdoms
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| Lecture 09 |
Struggle for Empire in North India – Mughal Empire |
- Babur (1526-1530)
- Humayun (1530- 1540; 1555-1556)
- The second Afghan Empire
- Sher Shah Suri's Reign (1540-1545)
- Akbar's Reign (1556-1605)
- Consolidation and expansion of the empire-Akbar
- Religious Reforms and Policies
- The Zabti or the Bandobast System
- Mansabdari System
- Navaratnas of Akbar
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| Lecture 10 |
Mughal Empire (2) |
- Jahangir's Reign (1605-1627)
- Shah Jahan's Reign (1627-1658)
- Aurangzeb's Reign (1658-1707)
- Administration during the Mughal Period
- Literature during the Mughal Period
- Art during the Mughal Period
- Architecture during the Mughal Period
- Foreign policy of the Mughals
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