High Priority Topics - Medieval India
1. Cholas - Administration, Local Government, Art and Architecture
2. Personalities (Saints, Sufis, Kings) Contemporary of each others
3. Sultanate & Mughal period: Admin, unique Positions in the administration, Market
system and Economy, Society, Military systems, Music, Painting and Architecture
4. Akbar’s Administration - Mansabdari system
5. Bhakti and Sufi Movements
6. Vijayanagar Empire - Administration, Unique Positions in the administration, Economy,
Society, Role of Women, Literature, Military systems.
Medium Priority Topics - Medieval India
1. Palas and Rashkutas
2. Yadavas, Hoysalas, Kakatiyas - Regions, Important cities, Architecture
3. Mongol Invasions during Delhi sultanate
4. Alauddin’ Market reforms
5. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq’s Experiments
6. Literatures - Bhakti, Sultanate, Mughal period
7. Sher Shah Suri Empire
8. Education and Science
9. Vaishnavite Movements
10. Maratha Administration and Military - in the news.
Low Priority Topics - Medieval India
1. Ghaznavid Invasions and Rajputs
2. Background of the Kings in Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire
3. Bahamani Kingdom - Mahmud Gawan
4. The advent of Portuguese
5. Eastern India - Bengal Assam Odisha
6. Western India - Gujarat
7. Kashmir, Malwa, Mewad
8. Deccan and South india
9. Disintegration of Mughals
NCERT Index
Very Important Topics
3. South India: The Chola Empire (900–1200)
The Rise of the Chola Empire Age of Rajaraja and Rajendra I
Chola Government
Local Self Government Cultural Life
4. Economic and Social Life, Education and Religious Beliefs (800– 1200)
Trade and Commerce Nature of Society
The Caste System
Condition of Women
Dress, Food and Amusements
Education, Science and Religious Learning Religious Movements and Beliefs
7. The Delhi Sultanate— (Circa 1300–1400)
Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate
Internal Reforms and Experiments
Muhammad Tughlaq’s Experiments
Decline and Disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate: Firuz and his Successors
8. Government, and Economic and Social Life under the Delhi Sultanate
The Sultan
Central Administration
Local Administration
Economic and Social Life
Peasants and Rural Gentry
Trade, Industry and the Merchants The Sultan and the Nobles
Town Life: Slaves, Artisans and Others Caste, Social Manners and Customs Nature of the State
Religious Freedom under the Sultanate
9. The Age of Vijayanagara and the Bahmanids, and the Coming of the Portuguese (Circa
1350–1565)
The Vijayanagara Empire - Its Foundation and Conflict with the Bahmani Kingdom
The Bahmani Kingdom - Its Expansion and Disintegration Mahmud Gawan
Climax of the Vijayanagara Empire and its Disintegration The Advent of the Portuguese
11. Cultural Development in India (1200–1500)
Architecture
Religious Ideas and Beliefs
The Sufi Movement
The Chishti and Suhrawardi Silsilahs
The Bhakti Movement
The Vaishnavite Movement
Literature and Fine Arts
13. Consolidation of the Mughal Empire Age of Akbar Early Phase—Contest with the Nobility
(1556–67)
Early Expansion of the Empire (1560–76)
Administration, Mansabdari System and the Army
Organization of Governrnent
Relations with the Rajputs
Rebellions and Further Expansion of the Mughal Empire Towards Integration: State, Religion
and Social Reforms
15. India in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
Foreign Policy of the Mughals—Shah Jahan’s Balkh Campaign Mughal-Persian Relations—the
Last Phase
Growth of Administration: Mansabdari System and the Mughal Army
The Mughal Army
16. Economic and Social Life under the Mughals
Economic and Social Conditions
Standard of Living:Pattern of Village Life and the Masses The Ruling Classes: The Nobles and
Zamindars and the Rural Gentry
The Middle Strata
Organization of Trade and Commerce
Foreign Trade and the European Traders
17. Cultural and Religious Developments
Architecture
Painting
Language, Literature and Music
Religious Ideas and Beliefs, and Problems of Integration
Important Topics
2. Northern India: Age of the Three Empires (800–1000)
The Struggle for Domination in North India:
The Palas
The Pratiharas
The Rashtrakutas
Political Ideas and Organisation
6. The Delhi Sultanate—I (Circa 1200–1300)
The Mamluk Sultans (Thirteenth Century)
Struggle for the Establishment of a Strong Monarchy
Iltutmish (1210–36)
Raziya
Era of Balban (1246–87)
The Mongols and the - Problem of the Northwest Frontier
Internal Rebellions and the Struggle for Territorial
Consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate
7. The Delhi Sultanate— (Circa 1300–1400)
The Khaljis and the Tughlaqs
The Khaljis (1290–1320)
The Tughlaqs (1320–1412)
12. Struggle for Empire in North India—II Mughals and Afghans (1525–1555)
Central Asia and Babur
Conquest of India
The Battle of Panipat (20 April 1526)
The Battle of Khanwa
The Afghans
Significance of Babur’s Advent into India
Humayun’s Conquest of Gujarat and his Tussle with Sher Shah Sher Shah and the Sur Empire
(1540–55)
Contribution of Sher Shah
19. Climax and Disintegration of the Mughal Empire—II
Treaty of Purandar and Shivaji’s Visit to Agra
Final Breach with Shivaji—Shivaji’s Achievements
Aurangzeb and the Deccani States (1658–87)
The First Phase (1658–68)
The Second Phase (1668–84)
The Third Phase (1684–87)
Aurangzeb, the Marathas and the Deccan—the Last Phase (1687– 1707)
Decline of the Mughal Empire—Responsibility of Aurangzeb
Last priority
1. India and the World
Europe
The Arab World Africa
5. The Age of Conflict (Circa 1000–1200)
The Ghaznavids
The Rajput States
The Turkish Conquest of North India The Battle of Tarain
Turkish Conquest of the Ganga Valley Causes of the Defeat of the Rajputs
10. Struggle for Empire in North India—I (Circa 1400–1525)
Eastern India—Bengal, Assam and Orissa
Western India—Gujarat
Mahmud Begarha
Malwa, Mewar
Northwest and North India
The Sharqis, the Lodi Sultans Kashmir
14. The Deccan and South India (Up to 1656)
Mughal Advance Towards the Deccan
Conquest of Berar, Ahmadnagar and Khandesh
Rise of Malik Ambar and Frustration of Mughal Attempt at Consolidation
Extinction of Ahmadnagar, and Acceptance of Mughal Suzerainty by Bijapur and Golconda
Cultural Contribution of the Deccan States
15. India in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
Political and Administrative Developments in India Nur Jahan
Shah Jahan’s Rebellion
Mahabat Khan
18. Climax and Disintegration of the Mughal Empire—I
Problems of Succession
Aurangzeb’s Reign—His Religious Policy
Political Developments—North India
Northeast and East India
Popular Revolts and Movements for Regional Independence: Jats, Afghans and Sikhs
Relations with the Rajputs—Breach with Marwar and Mewar
19. Climax and Disintegration of the Mughal Empire—II
The Rise of the Marathas
Early Career of Shivaji
Treaty of Purandar and Shivaji’s Visit to Agra
Final Breach with Shivaji—Shivaji’s Achievements
Aurangzeb and the Deccani States (1658–87) The First Phase (1658–68)
The Second Phase (1668–84)
The Third Phase (1684–87)
Aurangzeb, the Marathas and the Deccan—the Last Phase (1687– 1707)
Decline of the Mughal Empire—Responsibility of Aurangzeb
20. Assessment and Review
