History of India: ancient and medieval / The Mughal empire
Babur, Humayun and the Surs
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Babur: Panipat (1526), Khanwa (1527), Chanderi, Ghaghra; Baburnama in Turki
- Significance of Babur's advent: Timurid dynasty established; gunpowder, arch and dome predate him in India
- Humayun: Chausa and Kanauj (1539 to 1540), exile in Persia, return (1555), Dinpanah
- Sher Shah Sur: rupiya and dam, sarais and roads, land measurement, Purana Qila, tomb at Sasaram
- Hemu, Akbar's accession and the second battle of Panipat (1556)
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 12
- ch. 13
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), pp. 1-10 (printed 39-48)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Mughal Military Campaigns (Babur, Panipat 1526), p. 2 (printed 40)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Mughal Military Campaigns (Akbar), pp. 2-3 (printed 40-41)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, pp. 33-64 (printed 29-60)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.1 Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (1526-1530): battles of Panipat, Khanwa, Chanderi and Ghaghra, pp. 34-35 (printed 30-31)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.1 Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (significance of his advent: gunpowder and artillery), pp. 34-35 (printed 30-31)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.2 Humayun (1530-1540); 14.4 Humayun's Return from Exile, pp. 35-38 (printed 31-34)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.3 Sher Shah (Sur Dynasty); Sher Shah's Reforms, pp. 36-38 (printed 32-34)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.5 Emperor Akbar (1556-1605): Akbar and Bairam Khan; the second battle of Panipat (Hemu), pp. 38-39 (printed 34-35)