Unsympathetic account of Akbar, detailing some of his less publicised and intolerant acts and practices.
An extract from Babur's account of his invasion of India, a backgrounder on the Babri Masjid issue and Mir Baqi's inscription on the mosque
Extract from the Mirat ul Memalik, the account by Sidi Al Reis, a Turkish admiral of his travels in India in 1557.
The Muslim period(617-1290 CE), also including a brief chronology before Common Era.
Criticisms of established mainstream histories and historians of India. Concentrates particularly on the period of Muslim domination, and accepted views of the Muslim conquests.
Accounts of the taking of captives across the Hindu Kush into West Asia and the possible origins of European Gypsies in these captives.
The history of Portuguese settlements in Bangla Desh,the Coromandel Coast, and Arakan.
A set of articles by different authors on the Babri Masjid dispute.
Examines the impact of Islam on Indian culture, society, trade, politics, manufacturing, social relations, art and crafts and urbanization
On Mughal military expansion, development of trade and manufacturing by Sher Shah Suri and Akbar, Mughal arts and crafts, and factors that contributed to the collapse of the empire.
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