The Sultanate of Delhi (1206-1526)

ISBN-13: 9781032654522 / Miękka / 2024 / 448 str.

Aniruddha Ray

Opis

This book provides an integrated view of the Delhi Sultanate government from 1206 to 1526.

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Spis treści

PART I 1. Sources 2. Background 3. Ghur Invasion of India 4. Turkish Sultanate of Delhi 5. The Khalji Dynasty 6. The Tughluq Dynasty 7. Syed Dynasty (1414-1451) 8. Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526) PART II 9. Structure of Sultanate Rule: Nature, Ideology, Departments, Land 10. Trade and Commerce including Shipping 11. Pre-Sultanate Urbanization and the Emergence of Delhi during First Two Centuries of Sultanate Rule 12. Architecture and Sculpture of Delhi during the Sultanate Period 13. Science and Technology in Delhi Sultanate 14. Social Life under the Sultanate of Delhi 15. Religious Movements 16. Concluding Remarks

O autorze

Aniruddha Ray was born at Calcutta in 1936. He passed his M.A. in 1958. After teaching in Charu Chandra College for several years, he went to the University of Paris, Sorbonne (France) in 1964 for research and returned at the end of 1967 with a Ph.D. degree. He joined the Department of Islamic History & Culture, Calcutta University in 1968 and retired from there in November 2001.
After occupying several posts at the Indian History Congress, he was elected General President of the Indian History Congress in 2011. He was also the President of Paschim Banga Itihas Sansad for six years. He has published more than 36 books and a large number of articles in English and Bengali. He was awarded a Gold Medal with citation by The Asiatic Society, Calcutta for his lifelong achievement.