Chapter 1

Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years

New and Old Terminologies

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Historians and Their Sources

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New Social and Political Groups

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Region and Empire

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Old and New Religions

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Thinking About Time and Historical Periods

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Chapter 2

Kings and Kingdoms

The Emergence of New Dynasties

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Administration in the Kingdoms

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Prashastis and Land Grants

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Warfare for Wealth

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A Closer Look: The Cholas

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Chapter 3

Delhi: 12th to 15th Century

Finding Out About the Delhi Sultans

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From Garrison Town to Empire: The Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate

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A Closer Look: Administration and Consolidation under the Khaljis and Tughluqs

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The Sultanate in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

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Chapter 4

The Mughals (16th to 17th Century)

Who Were the Mughals?

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Mughal Military Campaigns

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Mughal Traditions of Succession

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Mughal Relations with Other Rulers

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Mansabdars and Jagirdars

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Zabt and Zamindars

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A Closer Look: Akbar's Policies

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The Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century and After

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Chapter 5

Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities

Beyond Big Cities: Tribal Societies

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Who Were Tribal People?

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How Nomads and Mobile People Lived

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Changing Society: New Castes and Hierarchies

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A Closer Look

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The Gonds

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The Ahoms

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Chapter 6

Devotional Paths to the Divine

The Idea of a Supreme God

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A New Kind of Bhakti in South India - Nayanars and Alvars

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Philosophy and Bhakti

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Basavanna's Virashaivism

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The Saints of Maharashtra

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Nathpanthis, Siddhas and Yogis

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Islam and Sufism

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New Religious Developments in North India

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Chapter 7

The Making of Regional Cultures

The Cheras and the Development of Malayalam

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Rulers and Religious Traditions: The Jagannatha Cult

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The Rajputs and Traditions of Heroism

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Beyond Regional Frontiers: The Story of Kathak

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Painting for Patrons: The Tradition of Miniatures

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A Closer Look: Bengal

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Chapter 8

Eighteenth-Century Political Formations

The Crisis of the Empire and the Later Mughals

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Emergence of New States

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The Old Mughal Provinces

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Watwan Jagirs of the Rajputs

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Seizing Independence

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