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Title: Historical Dictionary of Medieval India
Condition: New
EAN: 9780810855038
ISBN: 9780810855038
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 25/04/2008
Item Height: 221mm
Item Length: 146mm
Item Width: 21mm
Item Weight: 413g
Author: Iqtidar Alam Khan
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810855038
Description: The medieval period of Indian history is difficult to define clearly. It may be perceived as the long phase of India's transition from the ancient to the immediately pre-colonial times. The latter period would naturally be imagined commencing from Vasco da Gama's voyage round the Cape of Good Hope in 1498, or, alternatively, the establishment of the Mughal empire (1526). More definitely though, the renewed Islamic advance into north India, roughly from 1000 A.D. onwards leading to the rise of the Delhi Sultanate (1206), can be held to mark, in political and cultural terms, the beginning of the medieval period. For the purpose of the Historical Dictionary of Medieval India, the period from 1000 A.D. to 1526 A.D. will be considered India's medieval times. The turbulent history of this period is told through the book's chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on key people, historical geography, arts, institutions, events, and other important terms.
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Book Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras
Topic: Language & Reference
Release Year: 2008

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