History of India: ancient and medieval / Vijayanagara, Bahmani and the Deccan sultanates
Bahmani kingdom and the Deccan sultanates
Concepts to cover
- Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah (1347), Gulbarga and Bidar capitals, Raichur doab conflict with Vijayanagara
- Mahmud Gawan: provincial reforms, land survey, Bidar madrasa, execution (1481)
- Deccani versus Afaqi (foreign) nobles and the break-up of the Bahmani kingdom
- Bijapur (Adil Shahi), Golconda (Qutb Shahi), Ahmadnagar (Nizam Shahi, Malik Ambar), Berar, Bidar; Mughal absorption
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 9 and 14
- ch. 9
- ch. 14
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 12 Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms, pp. 5-20 (printed 1-16)
- Lesson 12 Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms, 12.1 Bahmani Kingdom, pp. 6-7 (printed 2-3)
- Lesson 12 Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms, 12.1 Bahmani Kingdom (Mahmud Gawan), pp. 7-9 (printed 3-5)
- Lesson 12 Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms, 12.1 Bahmani Kingdom (Deccani and foreign nobles, break-up), pp. 7-9 (printed 3-5)
- Lesson 12 Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms, 12.1 Bahmani Kingdom (the five Deccan sultanates); Golkonda Fort, pp. 7-9 (printed 3-5)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Deccan Sultanates; Aurangzeb's Deccan Policy, pp. 44-48 (printed 40-44)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms
- ch. 2 Kings and Kingdoms, pp. 1-14 (printed 16-29)
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 7 An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara
- Theme 7 An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara, 2. Rayas, Nayakas and Sultans (Raichur doab and the Sultans), pp. 2-4 (printed 171-173)