Contents: The advent of the Muslims in India—Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni—Mahammad Ghori—Qutub-ud-din Aibak—Shams-ud-din Iltutmish—Razia Sultana—Ghayas-ud-din Balaban; the King of blood and iron—Ala-ud-din Khilji—Ghayas-ud-din Tughlaq—Mohammad Tughlaq—The Bahmani kingdom of the south—The kingdom of the Vijayanagar—Frequent dynastic changes-causes Sultanates of Delhi—The Bhakti movement—The problem of North-West frontier during the Sultanate—Babur—Humayun—Sher Shah—Akbar—Nur Jahan—Shah Jahan—The war of succession of Shah Jahan—Aurangzeb—The social and cultural life under the Mughuls—The economic life during the Mughal regime—The N.W.F.P. policy under the Mughals—Art and literature under the Mughals—Shivaji and his government.