Books, Author and Remark, Saints Et Al, Architecture and Gen Terms
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Books
Book | Author | Remark |
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Brihatkatha-kosh | Harisena | 9th-12th century |
Rajtarangini (Sanskrit) | Kalhana | About the kings of Kashmir |
Lilavati | Bhaskara II (also wrote Siddhanta Shiromani) | Treatise on arithmetic |
Shah Namah (1000 AD) (Persian) | Firdausi | Firdausi was a poet in the court of Mahmud Ghazni National epic of Iran |
Prithviraj Raso | Chand Bardai | |
Kitab ul Hind | Al Baruni | |
Padmavat | Malik Mohammad Jaisi | |
Haqait-i-Hindi | Wahid Belgrami (Sufi) | |
Mitakshara | Vijnaneshwar | |
Khaliq Bari | Amir Khusrau | |
Tuzk-i-Baburi | Babur | |
Hukumat-ri-Bahi | A 17th century Rajasthani work |
Saints Et Al
Saint | ||
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Gorakhnath | Followers were called Nath-pantis | Used tantra. Spread over North India. |
Shankara | 9th century | Born in Kerala. Advaitavada. Vedanta. Upheld Vedas. |
Ramanuja | 11th century | Vishistadvaita. Followers: Vallabha, Ramananda |
Bhakti Saints | ||
Ravidas | From Punjab | Contemporary of Babur, Nanak |
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu | Eastern India | Worshipped Krishna. |
Vallabhacharya | C of Babur | |
Surdas | Contemporary of Akbar | |
Meera Bai | 1498 - 1547 | |
Kabir | During the time of Lodhis | |
Tulsidas | Vinaypattika, Dohavali, Kavitavali, Krishnavali | Akbar, Jahangir |
Namdeo | Marathi⟋Punjabi | b. 1270 |
Dnyaneshwar | Marathi | 1200s |
Tukaram | Marathi | Jahangir, Shah Jahan |
Ramananda | Prayag | Follower of Ramanuja |
Sadhana | Was a butcher. Disciple of Ramananda | |
Nanak | b. 1469 | Born in the village of Talwandi on the bank of river Ravi |
Dadu | Gujarat | Non-sectarian |
Ram Das | Maharashtra | |
Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi | Sufi | Nashqbandi School. During times of Jahangir |
Architecture
Style | Where? | Remarks |
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Nagara | North India and Deccans | By Rajputs Tall curved spiral roof over the garbha griha Khajuraho [Visvanatha temple, Kandarya Mahadeo temple] Orissa [Lingaraja temple, Sun temple, Jagannath temple] |
Ibn Batuta – Moraccan traveller – visited during MBT՚s time.
Gen Terms
- Shrenis⟋sangha – trade guilds
- Manigrama and Nandesi – merchant guilds
- Tamralipti – was a major port in Bengal
- Chahalgani – 40 Turkish chiefs during the time of Slave dynasty
- Amir Khusrau – contemporary of Alauddin Khilji
- Iqta – small estates (like zamindars)
- Khuts and Muqaddams – landlords during the time of Alauddin Khilji
- Diwan-i-arz – department of military. Headed by ariz-i-mamalik (he was not C-in-C of army)
- Diwan-i-risalat dealt with religious matters (headed by chief Sadr – qazi)
- Diwan-i-insha dealt with state correspondence
- Barid – spy
- Tauhid-i-Wajudi – Ibn-i-Arabi՚s idea of Unity of Being.