Contents:
Antecedents:
1. The Islamic Background to Indian History;
2. Encounter and Efflorescence;
3. Nobility under Muhammad Tughluq;
4. Capital of the Sultans;
5. The Punjab Between the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Centuries; Formation of the Empire: 6. Towards and Interpretation of the Mughal Empire;
7. The Pre-Colonial Social Structure and the Polity of the Mughal Empire;
8. The Mughal Polity;
9. Political Structures of the Islamic Orient in the Sixteenth and SeventeenthCenturies, Political Thought:
10. The evolution of the Perception of India ;
11. The State in Islamic Thought in India,
12. Elements of Social Justice in Medieval Islamic Thought; The Religious World:
13. The 'Vision' in the Salt Range, 1578;
14. Sulh-i Kul and the Religious Ideas of Akbar;
15.Translations of Sanskrit Works at Akbar's Court;
16. The Religious World of Jahangir;
17. The Religious Environment under Shah Jahan;
18. Sidelights into Ideological and Religious Attitudes in the Punjab during the Seventeenth Century;
19. Pursuing an Elusive Seeker of Universal Truth;
20. Muslims' Perceptions of Judaism and Christianity in Medieval India; The Politics of Empire:
21. The Religious Issue in the War of Succession 1658-59;
22. Causes of the Rathor Rebellion of 1679;
23. ProvincialGovernors Under Aurangzeb; The Empire and Contemporary Powers:
24. 'International Law' or Conventions Governing Conduct of Relations between Asian States, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries;
25. Jahangir and the Uzbeks;
26. The Objectives Behind Mughal Expedition into Balkh and Badakhshan, 1646-47;The Passing of Empire:
27. The Passing of the Empire;
28. Recent Theories of Eighteenth-century India; Sources:
29. History in Indo-Muslim Tradition;
30. The Use of Sources in Mughal Historiography;
31. The Correspondence of Aurangzeb and its Historical Significance;
Bibliography;
Index;
Map, 'Scientific Frontier' in Afghanisthan.