Unit 1: Sources and Historiography

1. Medieval India
2. Medieval Indian Periodisation
3. Medieval Historical Sources
4. Inscriptions
5. Copper-Plate Grants
6. Temple Inscriptions
7. Prashastis and Genealogies
8. Persian Chronicles
9. Arabic Accounts
10. Sanskrit Sources
11. Regional Language Sources
12. Travel Accounts
13. Numismatic Evidence
14. Archaeological Evidence
15. Architectural Sources
16. Land Grant Records
17. Rajatarangini
18. Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
19. Ibn Battuta’s Rihla
20. Source Limitations

Unit 2: Early Medieval Transition

1. Ancient-Medieval Transition
2. Political Fragmentation
3. Regionalisation of Power
4. Rise of Regional Kingdoms
5. Early Medieval Polity
6. Samanta System
7. Indian Feudalism Debate
8. Land Grants and Power
9. Brahmadeya Grants
10. Agrahara Settlements
11. Devadana Grants
12. Agricultural Expansion
13. Forest Clearance
14. Tribal Peasantisation
15. Rural Hierarchy
16. Landed Intermediaries
17. Temple-Centred Economy
18. Urban Decline Debate
19. Urban Revival Debate
20. Sultanate Background

Unit 3: Early Medieval Society

1. Growth of Jatis
2. Caste Proliferation
3. Rajputisation
4. Kshatriya Identity
5. Early Medieval Guilds
6. Merchant Corporations
7. Inland Trade Networks
8. Coastal Trade Networks
9. Coinage and Monetisation
10. Temple Social Role
11. Temple Economic Role
12. Sanskrit Cosmopolis
13. Regional Languages
14. Puranic Hinduism
15. Shaivism
16. Vaishnavism
17. Shaktism
18. Tantric Traditions
19. Decline of Buddhism
20. Early Medieval Culture

Unit 4: Tripartite Struggle

1. Kannauj Politics
2. Tripartite Struggle
3. Gurjara-Pratiharas
4. Nagabhata I
5. Vatsaraja
6. Nagabhata II
7. Mihira Bhoja
8. Mahendrapala
9. Pratihara Military Power
10. Pratiharas and Arabs

Unit 5: North Indian States

1. Rajput State Formation
2. Chahamanas of Shakambhari
3. Prithviraj Chauhan
4. Paramaras of Malwa
5. King Bhoja
6. Chandellas of Bundelkhand
7. Khajuraho Temples
8. Gahadavalas of Kannauj
9. Jayachandra
10. Kalachuris
11. Tomaras of Delhi
12. Solankis of Gujarat
13. Kumarapala
14. Kashmir Dynasties
15. Kalhana
16. Kamarupa Kingdom
17. Himalayan Kingdoms
18. Pre-Turkish North India

Unit 6: Early Medieval South

1. Mamallapuram Monuments
2. Vikramaditya II
3. Badami Cave Temples
4. Aihole Temples
5. Pattadakal Temples
6. Eastern Chalukyas

Unit 7: Cholas and Southern Powers

1. Rise of Cholas
2. Vijayalaya Chola
3. Aditya I
4. Parantaka I
5. Rajaraja I
6. Rajendra I
7. Chola Naval Expeditions
8. Chola Administration
9. Ur, Sabha and Nagaram
10. Chola Revenue System
11. Brihadeshwara Temple
12. Chola Bronzes
13. Medieval Pandyas
14. Cheras of Kerala
15. Ay Kingdom
16. Hoysala Emergence
17. Yadavas of Devagiri
18. Kakatiyas
19. Eastern Gangas
20. Pre-Sultanate South India

Unit 8: Arab-Turkish Contacts

1. Muhammad bin Qasim
2. Raja Dahir
3. Arab Invasion Causes
4. Arab Sindh Administration
5. Mansura
6. Multan
7. Western Coast Arab Trade
8. Malabar Arab Merchants
9. Early Muslim Communities
10. Al-Biruni
11. Kitab al-Hind
12. Ghaznavid Kingdom
13. Mahmud of Ghazni
14. Ghaznavid Raids
15. Somnath Raid
16. Ghaznavid Punjab
17. Ghaznavid Lahore
18. Ghaznavid Invasion Impact
19. Central Asian Connections

Unit 9: Ghurid Expansion

1. Rise of Ghurids
2. Muhammad Ghori
3. First Battle of Tarain
4. Second Battle of Tarain
5. Battle of Chandawar
6. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
7. Bakhtiyar Khalji
8. Conquest of Bihar
9. Bengal Expansion
10. Buddhist Monastic Centres
11. Turkish Military System
12. Cavalry and Mounted Archery
13. Medieval Horse Trade
14. Slave Military Elite
15. Persianate Political Culture
16. Rajput Resistance
17. Rajput Political Weaknesses
18. Turkish Success Causes
19. Raids to Rule
20. Delhi Sultanate Origins

Unit 10: Mamluk Dynasty

1. Delhi Sultanate Foundation
2. Lahore and Delhi
3. Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
4. Qutub Minar
5. Iltutmish
6. Sultanate Consolidation
7. Turkish Nobility
8. Chihalgani
9. Iltutmish’s Iqta System
10. Tanka and Jital
11. Caliphal Recognition
12. Raziya Sultan
13. Raziya and Nobility
14. Nasiruddin Mahmud
15. Ghiyasuddin Balban
16. Balban’s Kingship
17. Blood and Iron Policy
18. Sijda and Paibos
19. Khalji Transition

Unit 11: Khalji Dynasty

1. Jalaluddin Khalji
2. Khalji Revolution
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Mongol Invasions
5. Siri Fort
6. Gujarat Campaign
7. Ranthambore Campaign
8. Chittor Campaign
9. Malwa Campaign
10. Malik Kafur
11. Devagiri Campaign
12. Warangal Campaign
13. Dwarasamudra Campaign
14. Madurai Campaign
15. Deccan Tributary Policy
16. Alauddin’s Centralisation
17. Alauddin and Ulema
18. Amir Khusrau
19. Alai Darwaza
20. Khalji Dynasty Decline

Unit 12: Tughlaq Dynasty

1. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
2. Tughlaqabad Fort
3. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
4. Capital Transfer
5. Token Currency
6. Doab Taxation
7. Diwan-i-Kohi
8. Qarachil Expedition
9. Khurasan Project
10. Ibn Battuta
11. Tughlaq Rebellions
12. Deccan Decline
13. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
14. Firoz’s Public Works
15. Diwan-i-Khairat
16. Diwan-i-Bandagan
17. Firoz’s Jizya Policy
18. Ashokan Pillars
19. Timur’s Invasion

Unit 13: Sayyids and Lodis

1. Tughlaq Authority Collapse
2. Sayyid Dynasty
3. Khizr Khan
4. Mubarak Shah Sayyid
5. Bahlol Lodi
6. Afghan Polity
7. Afghan Tribal Nobility
8. Sikandar Lodi
9. Foundation of Agra
10. Sikandar Lodi’s Administration
11. Ibrahim Lodi
12. Afghan Noble Conflicts
13. Sharqi Challenge
14. Lodi-Rajput Relations
15. Late Sultanate Revenue
16. Late Sultanate Army
17. Lodi Tomb Architecture
18. Sultanate Decline
19. Early Modern Transition

Unit 14: Sultanate Administration

1. Delhi Sultanate Nature
2. Sultan’s Authority
3. Caliphate and Legitimacy
4. Sultanate Kingship
5. Centralised Monarchy
6. Sultanate Nobility
7. Turkish Nobles
8. Afghan Nobles
9. Indian Muslim Nobles
10. Ulema and State
11. Wazir
12. Diwan-i-Wizarat
13. Ariz-i-Mamalik
14. Diwan-i-Arz
15. Diwan-i-Insha
16. Diwan-i-Risalat
17. Barid System
18. Qazi and Justice
19. Sadr-us-Sudur

Unit 15: Sultanate Economy and Society

1. Iqta System
2. Muqti and Iqtadar
3. Khalisa Land
4. Kharaj
5. Ushr
6. Jizya
7. Zakat
8. Khams
9. Land Measurement
10. Sultanate Army
11. Cavalry Organisation
12. Dagh System
13. Chehra System
14. Forts and Garrisons
15. Kotwal
16. Sultanate Currency
17. Sultanate Urbanisation
18. Hindu-Muslim Interaction

Unit 16: Vijayanagara Empire

1. Vijayanagara Foundation
2. Harihara I
3. Bukka I
4. Vidyaranya Tradition
5. Sangama Dynasty
6. Devaraya I
7. Devaraya II
8. Saluva Dynasty
9. Tuluva Dynasty
10. Krishnadevaraya
11. Amuktamalyada
12. Vijayanagara Administration
13. Nayankara System
14. Amara-Nayakas
15. Vijayanagara Revenue
16. Hampi
17. Vijayanagara Trade
18. Vijayanagara Temples
19. Foreign Travellers

Unit 17: Bahmani and Deccan Sultanates

1. Bahmani Kingdom Foundation
2. Hasan Bahman Shah
3. Gulbarga
4. Bidar
5. Bahmani Administration
6. Tarafdars
7. Afaqis and Dakhnis
8. Mahmud Gawan
9. Mahmud Gawan’s Reforms
10. Mahmud Gawan Madrasa
11. Bahmani-Vijayanagara Rivalry
12. Raichur Doab
13. Deccan Art and Architecture
14. Bahmani Kingdom Breakup
15. Ahmadnagar Sultanate
16. Bijapur Sultanate
17. Golconda Sultanate
18. Pre-European Deccan

Unit 18: Provincial Sultanates

1. Bengal Sultanate
2. Ilyas Shahi Dynasty
3. Adina Mosque
4. Hussain Shahi Dynasty
5. Gaur and Pandua
6. Bengal Trade
7. Jaunpur Sultanate
8. Sharqi Dynasty
9. Atala Mosque
10. Gujarat Sultanate
11. Ahmad Shah I
12. Ahmedabad
13. Mahmud Begarha
14. Champaner
15. Gujarat Maritime Trade
16. Malwa Sultanate
17. Mandu Architecture
18. Kashmir Sultanate
19. Zain-ul-Abidin
20. Kashmiri Cultural Life

Unit 19: Regional and Frontier States

1. Eastern Gangas of Odisha
2. Anantavarman Chodaganga
3. Jagannath Temple
4. Gajapati Kingdom
5. Kapilendra Deva
6. Assam Frontier Kingdoms
7. Sukapha
8. Ahom Administration
9. Kamata Kingdom
10. Koch Kingdom Origins
11. Mewar Kingdom
12. Rana Kumbha
13. Kumbhalgarh Fort
14. Marwar Rathores
15. Post-Arab Sindh
16. Sumra and Samma Dynasties
17. Kerala Regional Kingdoms
18. Zamorin of Calicut
19. Pre-European India

Unit 20: Bhakti, Sufism and Culture

1. Bhakti Movement
2. Alvars and Nayanars
3. Ramanuja
4. Madhvacharya
5. Ramananda
6. Kabir
7. Ravidas
8. Guru Nanak
9. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
10. Sankardev
11. Sufism in India
12. Chishti Order
13. Suhrawardi Order
14. Nizamuddin Auliya
15. Regional Architecture
16. Medieval Indian Literature
17. Medieval Science and Technology
18. Vasco da Gama