The Wonder That Was India
THE WONDER THAT WAS INDIA Volume II 1200-1700 ii iii THE WONDER THAT WAS INDIA Volume II A survey of the history and culture of the Indian sub-continent from the coming of the Muslims to the British conquest 1200-1700 S. A. A. RIZVI Rupa, Co iv Copyright © S.A.A. Rizvi 1987 First published 1987 by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., London First in Rupa Paperback 1993 Eleventh impression 2001 Published by Rupa & Co. 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj New Delhi 110 002 Offices at: 15 Bankim Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 700 073 135 South Malaka, Allahabad 211 001 PG Solanki Path, Lamington Road, Mumbai 400 007 36, Kutty Street, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034 Surya Shree, B-6, New 66, Shankara Park, Basavangudi, Bangalore 560 004 3-5-612, Himayat Nagar, Hyderabad 500 029 By arrangement with Pan Macmillan Ltd., London This edition is for sale in India only Picture research by Deborah Pownall Maps drawn by Neil Hyslop. For their source the publishers gratefully acknowledge An Historical Atlas of the indian Peninsula by C. Collin Davies, published by Oxford University Press. The British place names in the source have not been changed. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic or mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Copyright owner Printed in India by Gopsons Papers Ltd. A-14 Sector 60 Noida 201 301 Rs 295 v CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii Important Dates ix List of Maps xiv Note on Pronunciation
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