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

Estimates of India's population c. 1000 and its Muslim share century by century to 1800 — immigration, conversion, enslavement, war losses and famine — from the chronicles and the first censuses.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [K. S. Lal](https://indike.org/pramana/person/lal-ks)
- **Extent:** 1,625 passages, 76,532 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · Delhi: Research Publications in Social Sciences 1973; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and… · In copyright (K. S. Lal †2002); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that copy,…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c1) — 9 parts
- [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c2) — 6 parts
- [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c3) — 16 parts
- [c4 Part 1. The Data](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c4) — 1 part
- [c5 I. Source Materials and Limitations of Demographic Data](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c5) — 5 parts
- [c6 II. Some Methodological Problems of Estimating Population](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c6) — 4 parts
- [c7 Part 2. Total Population of Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c7) — 1 part
- [c8 III. Total Population—Pre-1000 Position](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c8) — 53 parts
- [c9 IV. A. D. 1000-1200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c9) — 36 parts
- [c10 V. A. D. 1200-1400](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c10) — 76 parts
- [c11 VI. A. D. 1400-1600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c11) — 167 parts
- [c12 VII. A. D. 1600-1800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c12) — 122 parts
- [c13 Part 3. Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c13)
- [c14 VIII. Muslim Population Pre-1000 Position](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c14) — 29 parts
- [c15 IX. A. D. 1000-1200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c15) — 48 parts
- [c16 X. A. D. 1200-1400](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c16) — 37 parts
- [c17 XI. A. D. 1400-1600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c17) — 17 parts
- [c18 XII. A. D. 1600-1800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c18) — 95 parts
- [c19 Part 4. Components of Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c19)
- [c20 XIII. Components of Growth of Muslim Population](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c20) — 7 parts
- [c21 XIV. Bengal—A Special Case Study of Growth of Muslim Population](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c21) — 56 parts
- [c22 XV. Factors Which Checked Islamization of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c22) — 6 parts
- [c23 XVI. Summing Up](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c23) — 43 parts
- [c24 Appendices](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c24)
- [c25 Appendix A: Loss of Indian Population During Mahmud Ghaznavi's Invasions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c25) — 8 parts
- [c26 Appendix B: Lach Tables](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c26) — 61 parts
- [c27 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c27) — 3 parts
- [c28 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1973.c28) — 34 parts

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