Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c2.5

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In this study I have found it fruitful to divide the eight centuries of the medieval period into four parts of two centuries each, and study the overall population as well as the growth of Muslim numbers separately for the periods A. D. 1000 to 1200, 1200 to 1400, 1400 to 1600, and 1600 to 1800. These bench-marks are not as arbitrary or unscientific as they look. The year 1000 saw the introduction of Muslims in the cis-Indus region consequent upon the invanious from Ghazni. 1200 witnessed the establishment of Turkish rule and 1400 its decline. Akbar's Age came to a close by about 1600. The two last centuries witnessed the peak of glory and the nadir of decline of Muslim power in India.