Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgments xii
5. Note on Dates and Transliteration xiv
6. Map of Imperial Ambitions xv
7. Map of Historical Ghur and Contiguous Regions xvi
8. Genealogy of the Shansabanis of Afghanistan xvii
9. Introduction: The Elephant and its Parts 1
10. CHAPTER 1. Kingly Trajectories 40
11. CHAPTER 2. Beginnings 79
12. CHAPTER 3. Thee Early Shansabanis: Firuzkuh, Bamiyan, and Tiginabad/Old Qandahar, c. 1140s–1170s 132
13. CHAPTER 4. One and Several: Gharjistan, Chisht, and Imperial Firuzkuh 190
14. CHAPTER 5. The “Ports of India”: Ghazna and Bust-Lashkari Bazar 237
15. CHAPTER 6. Encountering the Many “Indias” 277
16. Epilogue: Iran to India 338
17. Appendix: Shansabani Religious and Historical Inscriptions in Afghanistan and Pakistan 342
18. Works Cited and Bibliography 357
19. Index 391