history of medieval period-Indian History

history of medieval period.pptx

1. History of MEDIEVAL PERIOD

2. The history of Indian medieval period was started after the end of ancient age in 550 AD and it continued till 17 th  century when the Mughal Empire had broken. During this long time period different dynasties rose in power and took a commanding role in the Indian medieval history. The land of India was separated as various small kingdoms from north to south and east to west and those kingdoms were ruled by different independent kings..some of them are following..

3. Chola dynasty was one of the longest ruling powers in south India. Initially they rose in power of the state of Tamil at the 2 nd  century BC in time of Indian ancient history and they were able to maintain their control until the 13 th  century.

4. The Chalukya Dynasty were in power of Indian medieval history from the reign of 600 to 1200 AD in the state of Deccan. They ruled the kingdom from a number of capital city.

5. Pallavas were a powerful Dynasties of Andhra Pradesh in Indian medieval history in the end of 500 AD. They ruled from its capital placed at Pallavapuri, for disturbance of natural power they moved it to Kanchipuram and established a more strong empire by the founder of Pallavas Dynasty Simha Vishnu.

6. After death of the great king Shashanka, north India became a land of end. In the mean time at 750 AD king Gopala established the Pala Dynasty and rescued the state of north India, Bihar and West Bengal. The reign of Pala Dynasty was from 800 AD to 1200 AD. King Gopala died in 770 AD; he was succeeded by his son Dharmapala in reign of 770 AD to 781 AD

7. The Rajput period was an era of chivalry and feudalism. The Rajputs weakened each other by constant fighting. This allowed the foreigners (Turks) to embark on victorious campaigns using duplicity and deceit wherever military strength failed against Rajputs. Rajput or Rajputra is a regional word of Rajasthan; its mean Son of king .

8. Vijaynagar city have a great historical value in India. Vijaynagar Empire was established by two brothers Harihara and Bukka in the middle of 13th century. It continued for three centuries and successfully prevented the influence of Muslim sultanates in the southern India. 

9. A number of Delhi Sultanates were in power from 1210 AD to 1526 AD. It was founded after Muhammad Ghori established the Delhi Sultanate by defeating Prithviraj (Rajput king) in the battles of 2 nd  Tarain in 1192 AD. After death of Ghori, in 1206, Qutb ud-Din became himself sultan of Delhi and created the Slave dynasty

10. The M ughal era is a historic period of the mughal empire in south Asia (mainly northern India, north eastern Pakistan, and Bangladesh

11. The Marathas rose in power by demise of Muslim power in India. They were initially in the service of Bijapur sultans in the western Deccan which was under siege by the Mughals Empire. The founder of Maratha dominance, Shivaji Bhonsle (1627 AD to 1680 AD) is known as the " father of the Maratha nation ".