Islam and the sub-continent - appraising it's impact: trade, manufacturing towns, glass, pottery, brass, textiles, mercantile expansion, trade routes, roads, taxation of peasantry, gender relations, caste equations, development of elite, secularism; slave trade, slavery; invasions, conquests; india, pakistan, bangladesh, afghanistan, central asia, persia, iran interaction, wars; cultural ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Sidi Ali Reis (16th Century CE): Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries), 1557 CE The book of the Turkish Admiral Sidi Ali Reis, entitled Mirat ul Memalik (the Mirror of Countries), is in many ways interesting. In the first place, on account of the personality of the author, in whom we see a ...

Mughal rule in India; context of the Mughal victories; Mughal tastes, Persian, Central Asian influences; Urdu as court language and language of elite; military strength and power; militaristic expnasionism; collaboration with Rajputs; policy of coercion and collabotration; tactical and military alliances; tax base; peasant rebellions; expansion of trade and manufacturing in the gangetic plain; ...

The Real Akbar, The (not) So Great ABSTRACT Akbar is considered as the great Mughal emperor who put the Mughal empire on a firm and stable footing, with a reliable revenue system and with expansion of its borders deeper into Indian heartland. There is a belief prevalent in the present day India that Akbar's rule was secular and tolerant of the native Hindu faith. This belief is fostered by the ...

Hindu Kush means Hindu Slaughter By Shrinandan Vyas All the Encyclopedias and National Geographic agree that Hindu Kush region is a place of Hindu genocide (similar to Dakau and Auschwitz). All the references are given. Please feel free to verify them. ABSTRACT All Standard reference books agree that the name 'Hindu Kush' of the mountain range in Eastern Afganistan means 'Hindu Slaughter' or ...