[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935) › c3 # Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c3: Contents Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c3 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c3.1) | | \*Pages\* | | INTRODUCTION ... ... ... | i-xxviii | | \*\*PART I : POLITICAL CONDITION\*\* | | | The ‘Sultanat’ and its reactions on Muslim Society ... | 1 | | The personality of the monarch— | | | A. The Sultan is a private person ... | 24 | | B. The Sultan is a public person ... | 37 | | The Court ... | 44 | | The privileged and other social classes ... | 53 | | \*\*PART II : ECONOMIC CONDITION\*\* | | | Rural life ... | 83 | | Industries and Commerce ... | 94 | | The standards of life ... | 117 | | \*\*PART III : SOCIAL CONDITION\*\* | | | Domestic life ... | 132 | | Social and domestic comforts ... | 161 | | Amusements and recreations ... | 186 | | Manners ... | 213 | | Hindustan on the eve of Akbar ... | 238 | | APPENDICES:—A. Some general data ... | 246 | | B. The Chronology of the Sultans of Delhi ... | 256 | | C. Bibliography ... | 258 | | INDEX ... | 270 | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ashraf-1935.c3) · Pramāṇa