NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Babur, Hanafi, Urdu Alphabet
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Some in philippines but not in large numbers. Pre-islamic history of india: indo-aryan invasions from eurasian steppe, ca. Jainism one of the oldest living relgion taught non violence towards living beings: indian dynastic states: mauryas (4th 2nd c. bc), greatest leader asoka (3rd c. bc), buddhism; development of political ideology (kautilya"s arthashastra); Delhi sultanate ( slave dynasties of khaljis, tughluqs, sayyids, lodis) (13th early. 16th c. ) rulers iltutmish (first half 13th c. ), Mamluk something that is owned refugees before the mongols and spread the persianate culture: mughals (timurids) (1530s 1857) founder babur (padishah), akbar (second half 16th c. ), Shah jahan (17th c. ), aurangzib (longest ruling, d. 1707); centres agra, fatehpur sikri, delhi, etc ruled hindus but began converting highpoint 2nd half under akbar. Persian lingua franca hindi written in urdu script replaced persian. 1498 portugese appeared on the scene vasco digamma reached culcutta.