NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Persianate Society, Chishti Order, Adat
15 Dec 2015
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Pre-islamic history of india: indo-aryan invasions from eurasian steppe, ca. 1500 1000 bc (seen by some indians as a myth: establishment of vedic religion/culture (sanskrit) > hinduism, development of caste system; buddhism (6th c. bc); jainism, indian dynastic states: mauryas (4th 2nd c. bc), greatest leader asoka (3rd c. bc), Buddhism; development of political ideology (kautilya"s arthashastra); guptas (4th 6th: ad) Islamic background: muslim conquest of sind 715, ghaznavids (mahmud of ghazna, called ghazi, early 11th c. ) raids into india, ghurids (end 12th 13th c. ) raids to lahore, delhi (becomes traditional capital, delhi sultanate ( slave dynasties of khaljis, tughluqs, sayyids, lodis) (13th early. 16th c. ) rulers iltutmish (first half 13th c. ), muhammad b. tughluq (first half 14th c. : mughals (timurids) (1530s 1857) founder babur, akbar (second half 16th c. ), shah. Jahan (17th c. ), aurangzib (longest ruling, d. 1707); centres agra, fatehpur sikri, delhi, etc.
