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Satish Chandra’s History of Medieval India is a comprehensive overview of the history of the Indian subcontinent during the thousand-year period between the eighth and the eighteenth century. History of Medieval India studies this interesting period in Indian history when the land underwent drastic changes, deeply influenced by the invading armies, religious movements and the vicissitudes of the changing political, economic and cultural scene. To tell the history of a land spanning the geographical dimensions and the political divisions of the Indian subcontinent is in itself a formidable task. Satish Chandra executes this difficult mission with the eye of an enquirer and the pen of a scholar. Both students and interested readers are sure to find this volume, dealing with the histories of the Cholas, Rajputs, the invading Turks, Vijayanagara kings, Bahmanids, Mughals, Marathas and others, an essential reader for understanding the history of medieval India.

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orient Blackswan Private Limited (27 August 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8452 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages

About the Author

About the Author: The author of History of Medieval India, Satish Chandra, has worked as the Chairman of the University Grants Commission and has also been a Professor of Medieval Indian History and Dean of Social Sciences in Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is also serving as the Secretary General of the Society for Indian Ocean Studies. His works has been published in many books and journals.
Satish Chandra’s History of Medieval India is a comprehensive overview of the history of the Indian subcontinent between the eighth and eighteenth century. It focuses on: 1.The histories of the Chola, Bahmani and Vijayanagara kingdoms. 2.The influence exerted by the Surs, Lodis, the Delhi Sultanate, and the Mughals. 3.The importance of the Rajput kings and the Marathas. 4.Religious movements, such as Sufism and the Bhakti movement. 5.The changing political, economic and agrarian scene.

One definition includes the period from the 6th century, the “first half of the 7th century”, or the 8th century up to the 16th century, essentially coinciding with the Middle Ages of Europe. It may be divided into two periods: The ‘early medieval period’ which lasted from the 6th to the 13th century and the ‘late medieval period’ which lasted from the 13th to the 16th century, ending with the start of the Mughal Empire in 1526. The Mughal era, from the 16th century to the 18th century, is often referred to as the early modern period, but is sometimes also included in the ‘late medieval’ period.

An alternative definition, often seen in those more recent authors who still use the term at all, brings the start of the medieval times forward, either to about 1000 CE, or to the 12th century. The end may be pushed back to the 18th century, Hence, this period can be effectively considered as the beginning of Muslim domination to British India. Or the “early medieval” period as beginning in the 8th century, and ending with the 11th century.

The use of “medieval” at all as a term for periods in Indian history has often been objected to, and is probably becoming more rare (there is a similar discussion in terms of the history of China). It is argued that neither the start nor the end of the period really mark fundamental changes in Indian history, comparable to the European equivalents. Burton Stein still used the concept in his A History of India (1998, referring to the period from the Guptas to the Mughals), but most recent authors using it are Indian. Understandably, they often specify the period they cover within their titles.

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