History of India: ancient and medieval / Early medieval north India (750 to 1200)
Arabs, Ghaznavids and Ghurids
Concepts to cover
- Arab conquest of Sind (712, Muhammad bin Qasim), Arab trade and transmission of Indian learning
- Mahmud of Ghazni's seventeen raids, Somnath (1025) and Al-Biruni's Kitab-ul-Hind describing Somnath and Indian society
- Muhammad Ghori: Tarain I (1191) and II (1192), Chandawar (1194), Bakhtiyar Khalji in Bihar and Bengal
- Causes of Rajput defeat: fragmentation, cavalry and tactics, social exclusiveness
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 5
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, pp. 164-187 (printed 160-183)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, 10.1 The Arab Conquest of Sind, pp. 165-166 (printed 161-162)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Mahmud's Military Raids, pp. 166-167 (printed 162-163)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Muhammad Ghori; Jaya Chandra of Kanauj, pp. 167-168 (printed 163-164)
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Muhammad Ghori; Jaya Chandra of Kanauj (causes of the Rajput defeat), pp. 167-169 (printed 163-165)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century
- ch. 3 Delhi: 12th to 15th Century, pp. 1-9 (printed 30-38)
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 5 Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society
- Theme 5 Through the Eyes of Travellers, 1. Al-Biruni and the Kitab-ul-Hind, pp. 2-3 (printed 116-117)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, Warfare for Wealth (Mahmud of Ghazni, Al-Biruni), p. 6 (printed 21)
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, Warfare for Wealth (Sultan Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraja III), p. 6 (printed 21)