Cartography and Time

New and Old Terminologies

Historians and Their Sources

New Social and Political Groups

Region and Empire

Old and New Religions

The Emergence of New Dynasties

Administration in the Kingdoms

Prashastis and Land Grants

Warfare for Wealth

A Closer Look: The Cholas

Agriculture, Irrigation, and Administration

The Rise of Delhi

Understanding Delhi under the Sultans

Raziyya Sultan (1236–1240)

Administration under the Khaljis and Tughluqs

Revenue and Taxation

Challenges to the Sultanate

The Later Sultanate

Who were the Mughals

Mughal Administration: Mansabdars and Jagirdars

Zabt and Zamindars

Mughal Governance and Culture

The Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century and After

Tribal Societies

Major Tribal Groups

Nomads and Mobile People

Changing Society: New Castes and Hierarchies

The Gonds (A Closer Look)

The Ahoms (A Closer Look)

The Idea of a Supreme God

Bhakti in South India: Nayanars and Alvars

Philosophy and Bhakti

Virashaivism and Maharashtra Bhakti

Islam and Sufism

New Religious Developments in North India

Kabir

Baba Guru Nanak and Sikhism

Language and Region

Rulers and Religious Traditions: The Jagannatha Cult

The Rajputs and Traditions of Heroism

The Story of Kathak

Painting for Patrons: The Tradition of Miniatures

A Closer Look: Bengal

The Crisis of the Empire and the Later Mughals

External Invasions

The Rajputs

The Sikhs

The Marathas

The Jats