Political Changes, 1707– 48

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Maps xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Introduction
7. Stereotypes and Challenges 1
8. Two Transregional Worlds: Sanskrit and Persianate 10
9. 1 The Growth of Turkic Power, 1000–1300
10. A Tale of Two Raids: 1022, 1025 19
11. Political Culture in the Sanskrit World 23
12. Political Culture in the Persianate World 30
13. The Ghurid Conquest of North India, 1192– 1206 37
14. The Delhi Sultanate under the Mamluks, or Slave Kings 45
15. Conclusion 57
16. 2 The Diffusion of Sultanate Systems, 1200–1400
17. Imperial Expansion Across the Vindhyas 62
18. Settlers, Shaikhs and the Diffusion of Sultanate Institutions 73
19. The Early Bengal Sultanate 76
20. Sultanates of the Deccan: the Bahmanis and Vijayanagara 80
21. The Early Kashmir Sultanate 88
22. The Decline of the Tughluq Empire 92
23. Conclusion 97
24. 3 Timur’s Invasion and Legacy, 1400–1550
25. Overview 100
26. Upper India 105
27. Bengal 111
28. Kashmir 114
29. Gujarat 119
30. Malwa 122
31. Emerging Identities: the Idea of ‘Rajput’ 128
32. Writing in Vernacular Languages 133
33. Conclusion 138
34. 4 The Deccan and the South, 1400–1650
35. Links to the Persianate World 142
36. Successors to the Bahmani State 149
37. Political and Cultural Evolution at Vijayanagara 157
38. Gunpowder Technology in the Deccan 167
39. Cultural Production in the Gunpowder Age 173
40. Vijayanagara’s Successors and South India 175
41. Conclusion 190
42. 5 The Consolidation of Mughal Rule, 1526–1605
43. Overview 195
44. Babur 198
45. Humayun 206
46. Akbar’s Early Years 215
47. Emerging Identities: Rajputs 217
48. Mughal Expansion Under Akbar 224
49. Akbar’s Religious Ideas 233
50. Conclusion 239
51. 6 India under Jahangir and Shah Jahan, 1605–1658
52. Jahangir 244
53. The View from the Frontier 252
54. The Deccan: Africans and Marathas 259
55. Emerging Identities: the Idea of ‘Sikh’ 264
56. Assessing Jahangir 271
57. Shah Jahan 273
58. Conclusion 282
59. 7 Aurangzeb – from Prince to Emperor ‘Alamgir, 1618–1707
60. Prince Aurangzeb – Four Vignettes 288
61. War of Succession, 1657– 9 301
62. ‘Alamgir’s Early Reign 309
63. Emerging Identities: the Marathas from Shahji to Tarabai 314
64. ‘One Pomegranate to Serve a Hundred Sick Men’ 325
65. Religion and Sovereignty Under ‘Alamgir 327
66. Conclusion 338
67. 8 Eighteenth century Transitions
68. Political Changes, 1707– 48 340
69. Maratha Uprisings 350
70. Sikh Uprisings 355
71. Emerging Identities: Muslims in Bengal and Punjab 361
72. Early Modern Globalization 368
73. Conclusion 377
74. Conclusion and Epilogue
75. India in the Persianate World 380
76. The Mughals in the Sanskrit World 386
77. The Lotus and the Lion 390
78. Towards Modernity 393
79. Notes 399
80. Index 461