Indian Civilization II

For Friday's class, please read Murphey, Chapter 6, and be prepared to discuss the following questions:

• Who were the new invaders into northern India in the Medieval period?
• Who resisted the invaders? Why couldn't the rest resist?
• Why did the invaders make their capital at Delhi?
• How were Hindus treated?
• Why was southern Indian not successfully invaded?
• What weakened the sultanates?
• Define jizya and Mamluk and dhimmi.
• What cultural influence did the invaders have?
• What did the sultan Ala-ud-din Khalji manage to do that no one else could?
• Who was Tamerlane?
• What is bhakti?
• Of the 35 sultans, how many died by assassination?
• The chief cities of southern India were mainly what?
• Where did south Indian states get a lot of their wealth?
• What does Vijayanagara mean and what is it?