The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c3: Preface to the Third Edition
The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c3
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Preface to the Third Edition
c3.1
In this edition the book has been thoroughly revised and two new chapters, viz., Hindu Rule in Afghanistan and Causes of the Defeat of the Hindus in Early Medieval Age, based on a study of original contemporary sources, have been added. Afghanistan was a part of India and was lost to it in 870 A.D. It has been shown in the Chapter on the causes of our defeat that India offered the greatest resistance known to History to the Arab and Turkish invaders from about the middle of the 7th century A.D. to about the end of the 12th century. Some of the author's conclusions might appear novel and even surprising. They are, however, based on a very close study of contemporary material in Arabic and Persian. It is hoped that in this new garb the SULTANATE OF DELHI will have as good a reception from the scholars as well as students and the general reading public as was accorded to it earlier.
c3.2
Agra College, Agra. May 22, 1959.