ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Historical Dictionaries : Indian Subcontinent, 1000-1300 </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2008 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../banners/ban10001300.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on October 27th 2008 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Historical Dictionaries : Indian Subcontinent, 1000-1300 </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/period/10001300/hdindia10001300.html </i></font> </B></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <B>Ahom Dynasty</B> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Dynasty ruling <A HREF = "#assam">Assam</A> 1228-1826 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "assam"><B>Assam</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> State in NE India on the lower Brahmaputra </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "bengal"><B>Bengal</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> State / Region in E India; <A HREF = "#pala">Pala Dynasty</A> until 1174; Sena Dynasty 1174-1204; in 1203/1204 conquered by what was to become the <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A>; Muslim rule introduced; until 1357 province of <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A>, since independent Sultanate of Bangalah </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <B>Cambay</B> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Leading Gujarat port during the <A HREF = "#sgujarat">Sultanate of Gujarat</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "chola"><B>Chola Empire</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Empire centered on Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in southern India, 4th century B.C. - c. 1279; climax in the 11th century (c. 1025 conquest of <A HREF = "hdseasia10001300.html#srivijaya">Srivijaya</A>) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <B>Delhi</B> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> City on the Yamuna river; commands the plain separating Indus, Ganges river systems. Capital of <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A>, Mughal Empire, British India, Republic of India. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "sdelhi"><B>Delhi, Sultanate of</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Established in 1206; lasted until 1526 (1555). <A HREF = "#mamluk">Mamluk Dynasty</A> 1206-1290, <A HREF = "#khiljidyn">Khilji Dynasty</A> 1290-1320, <A HREF = "#tughluqdyn">Tughluq Dynasty</A> (1320-1413), <A HREF = "#sayyiddyn">Sayyid Dynasty</A> (1413-1451), <A HREF = "#lodhidyn">Lodhi Dynasty</A> (1451-1526/1555). Delhi was sacked by Timur Lenk in 1398. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "sgujarat"><B>Gujarat</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Conquered by the <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A> in 1297-1298; indepedent Sultanate of Gujarat c.1400-1576 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "hoysala"><B>Hoysala Empire</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Located in SW India (Karnataka) 10th Century - 1343. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "jaffnakgd"><B>Jaffna Kingdom</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Located in N Sri Lanka, 1215-1619; from 1258 temporary vassal of <A HREF = "#pandyankgd">Pandyan Kgd.</A>; 1450-1467 submitted to <A HREF = "#kottekgd">Kingdom of Kotte</A>. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "kashmir"><B>Kashmir</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> State in NW India on the upper Indus river and the slopes of the Himalayas; Shah Mirza in 1349 converted to Islam. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "khiljidyn"><B>Khilji Dynasty</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Ruled <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A> in 1290-1320; succeeded <A HREF = "#mamluk">Mamluk Dynasty</A> (1206-1290), was succeeded by <A HREF = "#tughluqdyn">Tughluq Dynasty</A> (1320-1413) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <B>Malwa</B> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> State / region in C India (Madhya Pradesh). Conquered by <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A> c.1290; independent Sultanate of Malwa 1401-1562 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "mamlukdyn"><B>Mamluk Dynasty</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Ruled <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A> in 1206-1290; succeeded by <A HREF = "#khiljidyn">Khilji Dynasty</A> (1290-1320) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "nalanda"><B>Nalanda</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Buddhist university in India 427-1197, located in the <A HREF = "#pala">Pala Empire</A>, destroyed in 1193 by Muslim raid </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "newarkgd"><B>Newar Empire</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> In Nepal; Newar Kingdom under Malla Dynasty 12th C.-1769. 1370-1395 expansion to establish Newar Empire; centered on Kathmandu valley; disintegrated 1482 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "pala"><B>Pala Empire</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> centered on Bengal, 750-1174, Buddhist. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A NAME = "pandyankgd"><B>Pandyan Kingdom</B></A> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> In SE India (Tamil Nadu); existed from antiquity until 16th century. From 9th C. to 1216 dependent on the Chola Dynasty; climax 1216-1345; from then dependent on <A HREF = "#vijayanagar">Vijayanagar</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <B>Punjab</B> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Fertile region in NW of subcontinent; also referred to as Pentapotamia; province of the <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <B>Rajputs</B> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> A number of Hindu statelets located in W India (Rajasthan). At times vassalls of the <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A>, at times independent political players. Leading Rajput states Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur, Jaipur. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="200" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <B>Sindh</B> </font></TD> <TD width="480" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Region in S Pakistan. Province of the <A HREF = "#sdelhi">Sultanate of Delhi</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> EXTERNAL FILES : <BR> <A HREF = "http://banglapedia.net/english/index.htm"><B>Banglapedia</B></A> <BR> </font></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> PRINTED REFERENCE : <BR> Surjit Mansingh, Historical Dictionary of India, New Delhi : Vision Books (1999) 2005 <BR> C. Baxter & E. Rahman, Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh, Lanham Md. : Scarecrow 1996 <BR> Basil C. and Anne K. Hedrick, Historical and Cultural Dictionary of Nepal, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1972 <BR> S.J. Burki, Historical Dictionary of Pakistan, Lanham MD : 2nd edition Scarecrow 2003 <BR> </font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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