Revision Table

Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526 CE)

Dynasty Key Rulers Major Contributions/Events Significance

Slave
Qutb-ud-din Founded Delhi Sultanate, Qutub Established Muslim
Dynasty
Aibak Minar construction began rule in India
(1206-1290)

Consolidated Sultanate, Iqta

Real consolidator of
Iltutmish system, Tanka/Jital coins,
Delhi Sultanate
Chahalgani

Faced opposition, brief

Razia Sultan First female Muslim ruler of Delhi
but impactful reign

Strengthened central army, Restored order,

Ghiyas-ud-din
suppressed rebellions, 'blood and enhanced Sultan's
Balban
iron' policy prestige

Khilji
Jalal-ud-din Marked Khilji
Dynasty Founder, lenient rule
Firuz Khilji Revolution
(1290-1320)

Powerful ruler,
Market reforms, Dagh/Chehra,
Alauddin Khilji economic & military
Deccan campaigns, Alai Darwaza
innovations

Tughlaq
Ghiyas-ud-din
Dynasty Founder, public works Restored order
Tughlaq
(1320-1414)

Capital transfer (Delhi to Visionary but

Muhammad
Daulatabad), token currency, impractical
bin Tughlaq
Diwan-i-Kohi experiments

Welfare activities,
Firuz Shah Public works (canals, hospitals),
weakened central
Tughlaq re-imposed Jizya
authority
Dynasty Key Rulers Major Contributions/Events Significance

Sayyid Period of instability,

Dynasty Khizr Khan Founder decline of central
(1414-1451) authority

Lodi
Dynasty Bahlul Lodi Founder, Afghan resurgence First Afghan dynasty
(1451-1526)

Capable ruler, efficient

Sikandar Lodi Expanded territory, founded Agra
administration

End of Delhi Sultanate,

Last ruler, defeated by Babur in
Ibrahim Lodi beginning of Mughal
Panipat (1526)
Empire

Mughal Empire (1526-1857 CE)

Emperor Reign (CE) Key Contributions/Events Significance

First Battle of Panipat (1526), Tuzuk-i- Founder of Mughal

Babur 1526-1530
Baburi (Baburnama) Empire in India

1530-1540, Defeated by Sher Shah Suri, exile, Early struggles, Sur

Humayun
1555-1556 regained empire interregnum

Greatest Mughal
Consolidation, Din-i-Ilahi, Mansabdari
Akbar 1556-1605 Emperor, cultural
system, Sulh-i-Kul, Zabt system
synthesis

Justice Chain, Nur Jahan's influence, Patron of art and

Jahangir 1605-1627
European contact, miniature painting culture

Shah Golden age of Mughal

1627-1658 Taj Mahal, Red Fort (Delhi), Jama Masjid
Jahan architecture

Territorial zenith, re-imposed Jizya, Last great Mughal,

Aurangzeb 1658-1707
Deccan campaigns seeds of decline
Deccan Sultanates & Vijayanagara (1336-1646 CE)

Major
Kingdom Key Rulers/Features Significance
Contributions/Events

Harihara & Bukka

Last great Hindu
Vijayanagara (founders), Nayankara system, Hampi,
kingdom in
Empire Krishnadevaraya Talikota (1565)
South India
(greatest ruler)

Constant conflict
Bahmani Alauddin Hasan Bahman First independent Muslim
with
Kingdom Shah (founder) kingdom in Deccan
Vijayanagara

Bijapur (Gol Gumbaz),

Unique architectural styles, Regional cultural
Successor Golconda (Charminar),
Dakhini Urdu, diamond and political
States Ahmadnagar, Bidar,
mines centers
Berar
Regional Kingdoms & Powers

Key Major
Kingdom/Movement Significance
Figures/Features Contributions/Events

Rana Sanga,
Complex
Maharana Pratap Resistance to Mughals,
Rajput Kingdoms relations with
(Mewar), Raja Man alliances with Mughals
imperial powers
Singh (Amber)

Transformed
Guru Nanak Dev, Monotheism, Khalsa
Sikh Movement into a militant
Guru Gobind Singh foundation (1699)
community

Challenged
Guerrilla tactics, Mughal
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maratha Rise Swarajya, efficient supremacy, laid
Maharaj
administration foundation for
Maratha Empire

Ahom (Assam), Resisted Mughals,

Significant
Other Regional Bengal Sultanate, unique
regional
Powers Gujarat Sultanate, cultural/architectural
influence
Malwa Sultanate styles

Socio-Religious Movements

Movement Key Figures Core Philosophy/Contributions Significance

Kabir, Guru Nanak, Promoted equality,

Devotion to personal God,
Bhakti Surdas, Tulsidas, cultural
rejection of rituals/caste,
Movement Mirabai, Chaitanya integration, Hindu-
vernacular literature
Mahaprabhu Muslim synthesis

Fostered
Khwaja Moinuddin
Mystical Islam, direct communion communal
Sufi Chishti,
with God, tolerance, service to harmony, cultural
Movement Nizamuddin Auliya,
humanity exchange, spread
Shah Waliullah
of Islam