Table of contents : Preface Contents History and Historiography Meaning and Purpose of Histroy Modern Indian Historians of Medieval India Ziyauddin Barani as an Authority on the Khaljis Government and Politics Factors Underlying the Loss of Indian Independence in the 12-13th Centuries Procedure of Succession in the Sultanate of Delhi Nature of State in Medeival India Corruption in the Medieval Ages Haldighati and After Religion and Society Changing Pattern of Society in Early Medieval India Ideas Leading to the Improvement of the Indian Peasantry in Medieval Times Condition of the Hindus Under the Khaljis Hindu-Muslim Rapproachment in Early Medieval India Babur's Impressions of Hindustan Akbar's Din-I-Ilahi Index Corrigenda