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Medieval India: Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire
Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526): 5 dynasties — Slave/Mamluk (Qutubuddin Aibak, Iltutmish, Razia Sultana), Khilji (Alauddin Khilji — market reforms, Mongol resistance), Tughlaq (Muhammad bin Tughlaq — capital shift & token currency failures), Sayyid, Lodi (Ibrahim Lodi, defeated at 1st Panipat 1526). Mughal Empire (1526-1857): Babur founded it after 1st Battle of Panipat (1526); Humayun briefly lost throne to Sher Shah Suri; Akbar (1556-1605) — Mansabdari system, Din-i-Ilahi, Rajput alliances, Jizya abolished; Jahangir — justice & painting; Shah Jahan — Taj Mahal, Red Fort; Aurangzeb (1658-1707) — last major emperor, Jizya reimposed, Deccan wars weakened empire.
Important topics
- Five dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate in chronological order (Slave/Mamluk, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi)
- Iqta system introduced/organized by Iltutmish
- Alauddin Khilji's market control reforms and Mongol resistance
- Muhammad bin Tughlaq's failed experiments: transfer of capital and token currency
- Foundation of Mughal Empire at the First Battle of Panipat (1526)
- Sher Shah Suri's interregnum and administrative reforms
- Akbar's administrative and religious policies (Mansabdari, Din-i-Ilahi, Rajput alliances, Jizya abolition)
- Major Mughal monuments and their builders