Twilight of the Sultanate c8.s4.7

c8.s4.7

The little kingdom of Khandēsh lay snugly in the valley of the Tapti and had little concern with the politics of the Sultanate. Similarly the vast tract of Gondwānā was not yet destined to play any important role in India's history. The little kingdom of Orissa was occasionally subjected to attacks from Bengal, Jaunpur, Malwa and Bahmanī kingdoms, but it did not affect the politics of the Sultanate in any way. The same was the case with the self-sufficient, independent and distant Bengal. But Malwa, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Jaunpur played a very important part in determining the course of events of the Sultanate of Delhi throughout the fifteenth century. Hence it would be necessary to give a brief account of the history of these kingdoms.