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EDITORIAL BOARD
Professor .Satish Chandra (Chairman)
Professor R. S. Sharma
Professor JJarun De
Professor Sum1t Sarkar
Professor M. G. S Narayanan
Shn S. H. Khan
Shri Arjun Dev (Convener)
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MEDIEVAL INDIA A Textbook for Classes XI-XII
PART II
SATISH CHANDRA
t1141q "'"'"' •1wa1aw "" smr...r qf<ti\ NATIONAL COUllCIL OF EDUCATIONAL ReSEARCH AND TRAINING
first Edition
June l978
Jya1stha 1900
Reprinted
March 19&0 Phalguna 1901 Apnl 198 I Cha1tra 1903 April 1982 Chaitra 1904 March 1983 Chaitra 1904
P.D. 16T-RSS
@J National Council of Educational Research and Training, 1978
Rs. 3.65
PUBLIS1'1ED AT 1'HB PUBLICATIONDEPARTME;NT BY V.K. PANDIT SE!CRETARY, NATIONAL COUNCIL OP .ED'UCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING, SRI AUROBlNDO MARG, NEW DELHI 110016 AND PRIN'IED AT SlJPREME OFFSET PRESS. K·S 11MALVIYA NAGAR
NEW DELH1·ll0017
Foreword
IN THE new pattern of education, the higher secondary stage (the +2 stage) bas been visualised as terminal so as to enable students to enter life and to equip them for advanced education The courses up to Class X have been designP.d for general education without any diversification. But at the higher secondary stage the student would be imt1ated into the study of specialised courses in a few subjects of his choice
The Editorial Board in History finalised the courses of studies at the +2 stage and started preparmg a series of textbooks based on these courses.
The present volume dealmg with a historical survey of medieval India has been prepared by Professor Satish Chandra, who is also the Cha1rman of the History Editorial Board. The NCER T is grateful to him for completing the work m a very short time. The NCERT is also grateful to many other persons, both belongmg to the NCERT and outside, and organisations for their help and cooperat10n. Our special thanks are due to Shri S. H. Khan for preparing the exercises, to Dr. S. K. Saini and Km. Indira Srinivasan for their help in preparing the press copy, to Shr1 A. K. Ghose for the maps. and to the Archaeological Survey oflnd1a for makmg available to us photographs which have been included in this book.
This volume on medieval India is the second 1n the series of textbooks which are bemg brought out by the NCERT for the higher secondary stage. The book is being brought out 1n two parts The first part of the book was published 'm February 1978. This 1s the second part of the book.
The NCER T will be grateful for any comments and suggest10ns on any aspeot of the present volume.
New Delhi
SHIB K. MITRA ..
Director National Council of
Educatmnal Research and Training