History of India: ancient and medieval / The Mughal empire
Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb
Concepts to cover
- Jahangir: Nur Jahan's junta, Khusrau's revolt, Guru Arjan, Mahabat Khan, Sir Thomas Roe, Kangra
- Shah Jahan: Deccan settlement (1636), Balkh campaign, loss of Kandahar, Shahjahanabad, war of succession
- Aurangzeb: reimposition of jizya, temple policy, Jats, Satnamis, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Khalsa response
- Breach with Marwar and Mewar, conquest of Bijapur (1686) and Golconda (1687), Maratha wars, death (1707)
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 15, 18 and 19
- ch. 15
- ch. 18
- ch. 19
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; Mughal Traditions of Succession (Jahangir), p. 3 (printed 41)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Mughal Military Campaigns (Shah Jahan), p. 3 (printed 41)
- ch. 4 The Mughals (16th to 17th Century), Mughal Military Campaigns (Aurangzeb, Jats, Sikhs), p. 3 (printed 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, 14.6 Jahangir (1605-1627); Nur Jahan, pp. 42-44 (printed 38-40)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.7 Shah Jahan (1628-1658); Balkh and Kandahar; war of succession, pp. 44-46 (printed 40-42)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.8 Aurangzeb (1658-1707): religious policy; Jats, Satnamis and Sikhs, pp. 46-48 (printed 42-44)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, 14.8 Aurangzeb: Marwar and Mewar; Aurangzeb's Deccan Policy; Bijapur and Golconda, pp. 46-48 (printed 42-44)