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Medieval India notes for APPSC Paper I
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3.2.1 Tripartite struggle and the Rajputs 4
3.1.16 Cholas and the Deccan powers 4
3.2.2 Arab and Turkish invasions 3
3.2.3 Delhi Sultanate: dynasties 7
- 3.2.3.1Mamluk dynasty: Qutbuddin Aibak and Iltutmish
- 3.2.3.2Razia Sultan, the Chahalgani and Balban's theory of kingship
- 3.2.3.3Khaljis: Alauddin's conquests and the Mongol threat
- 3.2.3.4Alauddin Khalji's market control and revenue reforms
- 3.2.3.5Ghiyasuddin and Muhammad bin Tughlaq: the experiments
- 3.2.3.6Firoz Shah Tughlaq and Timur's invasion
- 3.2.3.7Sayyids and Lodis: Khizr Khan to Ibrahim Lodi
3.2.4 Sultanate administration, economy and culture 4
3.2.5 Vijayanagara and Bahmani 8
- 3.2.5.1Founding of Vijayanagara: Harihara, Bukka and the Sangamas
- 3.2.5.2Saluvas and Tuluvas: the reign of Krishnadevaraya
- 3.2.5.3Battle of Talikota 1565 and the Aravidu dynasty
- 3.2.5.4Vijayanagara administration: nayankara and ayagar systems
- 3.2.5.5Vijayanagara economy, society and foreign visitors
- 3.2.5.6Vijayanagara architecture: Hampi and the Raya gopuram
- 3.2.5.7Bahmani kingdom: founding, Mahmud Gawan and break-up
- 3.2.5.8Deccan Sultanates: Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Golconda, Berar and Bidar
3.2.6 Regional kingdoms 3
3.2.7 Bhakti and Sufi movements 8
- 3.2.7.1Bhakti movement: origins and features
- 3.2.7.2Vedanta acharyas: Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhva and Nimbarka
- 3.2.7.3Nirguna saints: Kabir, Ravidas and Dadu
- 3.2.7.4Saguna Bhakti: Ramananda, Vallabha, Surdas, Tulsidas, Chaitanya and Mirabai
- 3.2.7.5Bhakti in Maharashtra: Jnaneshwar, Namdev, Eknath and Tukaram
- 3.2.7.6Veerashaivism: Basavanna and the Lingayat movement
- 3.2.7.7Sufism: concepts, practices and the silsilas
- 3.2.7.8Chishti and Suhrawardi orders in India
3.2.8 Sikh Gurus 2
3.2.9 Mughal empire: rulers 8
- 3.2.9.1Babur: Panipat 1526, Khanwa and Ghaghra
- 3.2.9.2Humayun: struggles, exile and return
- 3.2.9.3Sher Shah Suri and the Sur administration
- 3.2.9.4Akbar: conquests and Rajput policy
- 3.2.9.5Akbar's religious policy: Ibadat Khana, Mahzar and Din-i-Ilahi
- 3.2.9.6Jahangir and Shah Jahan: Nur Jahan to the war of succession
- 3.2.9.7Aurangzeb: Deccan policy and religious policy
- 3.2.9.8Revolts under Aurangzeb: Jats, Satnamis, Sikhs and Rajputs
3.2.10 Mughal administration, economy and culture 6
- 3.2.10.1Mughal central and provincial administration
- 3.2.10.2Mansabdari system: zat and sawar
- 3.2.10.3Mughal land revenue: zabti, dahsala and the jagirdari system
- 3.2.10.4Mughal economy: agriculture, trade and towns
- 3.2.10.5Mughal architecture: Humayun's tomb to the Taj Mahal
- 3.2.10.6Mughal painting, music and literature
3.2.11 Marathas 5
3.2.12 Later Mughals and successor states 4
3.2.13 Medieval travellers and culture 4
- 3.2.13.1Travellers to medieval India: Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Abdur Razzaq, Conti, Paes and Nuniz
- 3.2.13.2European travellers to Mughal India: Hawkins, Roe, Tavernier, Bernier and Manucci
- 3.2.13.3Regional languages and literature in medieval India
- 3.2.13.4Medieval technology and music: the Persian wheel, paper, Hindustani and Carnatic music
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