Detailed Syllabus: Medieval India

Tripartite Struggle

  • Rashtrakutas
  • Amoghavarsha
  • Gurjara Pratihara Dynasty
  • Pala Dynasty

Medieval Kingdoms of North India

  • Rajput Kingdoms
  • Paramara Dynasty
  • Chandela Dynasty
  • Rani Durgavati
  • Kalachuri Dynasty
  • Sisodia Dynasty

Medieval Kingdoms of Deccan and South India

  • Medieval Kingdoms of Deccan and South India
  • Western Chalukyas
  • Hoysala Dynasty
  • Kakatiya Dynasty
  • Yadava Dynasty
  • Chola Dynasty
  • Pandya Dynasty
  • Chera Dynasty
  • Ahom Dynasty
  • Vijayanagar Empire
    • Krishnadevaraya
    • Ashtadiggajas
    • Battle of Talikota
    • Bahmani Kingdom
    • Deccan Sultanate

Foreign Invasions during the Medieval Period

  • Arab and Turkish invasion in India
  • Muhammad Ghori
  • Mahmud of Ghazni
  • Delhi Sultanate

Delhi Sultanate

  • Delhi Sultanate Administration
    • Iqta System
  • Slave Dynasty
    • Iltutmish
    • Ghiyas Ud Din Balban
  • Khilji Dynasty
    • Alauddin Khilji
  • Tughlaq Dynasty
    • Experiments of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Sayyid Dynasty
  • Lodi Dynasty
  • First Battle of Panipat

Mughal Empire

  • Mughal Administration
  • Babur
  • Humayun
  • Sher Shah Suri
  • Akbar
  • Battle of Haldighati
  • Second Battle of Panipat
  • Mansabdari system
  • Jagirdari system
  • Rajput Policy of Akbar
  • Religious Policy of Akbar
  • Navratna of Akbar
  • Jahangir
  • Shah Jahan
  • Dara Shikoh
  • Aurangzeb
  • Decline of the Mughal Empire

Religious Movements in Medieval India – Evolution, Features and Impact

  • Bhakti Movement
  • Vaishnavism
  • Nirguna Bhakti
  • Saguna Bhakti
  • Adi Shankaracharya
  • Ramanujacharya – Statue of Equality
  • Vallabhacharya
  • Nimbarka
  • Madhvacharya
  • Alvar and Nayanars
  • Lingayats
  • Basavanna
  • Sant Tukaram
  • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
  • Surdas
  • Kabir
  • Guru Ravidas
  • Dadu Dayal
  • Mirabai
  • Tyagaraja
  • Bhakti Movement in North India
  • Bhakti Movement in South India
  • Sufism – Sufi Movement
  • Sikhism 
  • Guru Nanak
  • Guru Gobind Singh

Foreign Travellers to India

  • Al-Biruni
  • Ibn Battuta
  • Marco Polo
  • Niccolò de Conti
  • Abdur Razzaq
  • François Bernier
  • Jean-Baptiste Tavernier