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# Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans)

Patronage of learning by Sultans and Mughals; madrasas, libraries, maktabs, scholars, under each dynasty, from Persian chronicles.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [Narendra Nath Law](https://indike.org/pramana/person/law-nn)
- **Extent:** 1,672 passages, 76,115 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · London: Longmans, Green 1916; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini… · In copyright (Narendra Nath Law); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c1) — 47 parts
- [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c2) — 18 parts
- [c3 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c3) — 37 parts
- [c4 Hints for Transliteration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c4) — 4 parts
- [c5 Table of Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c5) — 4 parts
- [c6 Table of Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c6) — 8 parts
- [c7 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c7) — 41 parts
- [c8 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c8) — 1 part
- [c9 Preliminary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c9) — 6 parts
- [c10 Book I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c10) — 380 parts
- [c11 Chapter VII. The Lūdī Dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c11) — 49 parts
- [c12 Chapter VIII. The Minor Muslim Kingdoms](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c12) — 11 parts
- [c13 Retrospect](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c13) — 24 parts
- [c14 Book II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c14) — 4 parts
- [c15 Chapter I. The Mughal Dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c15) — 2 parts
- [c16 Chapter II. Shīr Shāh](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c16) — 17 parts
- [c17 Chapter III. The Mughal Dynasty (resumed). Akbar the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c17) — 191 parts
- [c18 Chapter IV. The Mughal Dynasty (continued)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c18) — 3 parts
- [c19 Chapter V. The Mughal Dynasty (continued)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c19) — 3 parts
- [c20 Chapter VI. Female Education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c20) — 54 parts
- [c21 Addendum on the Question of Akbar's Illiteracy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c21) — 21 parts
- [c22 Index I.—Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c22) — 88 parts
- [c23 Index II.—Proper Names and Literary References](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c23) — 50 parts
- [c24 Index III.—Chronological](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.law-1916.c24) — 142 parts

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