Islamic India : Studies in History, Epigraphy, Onomastics and Numismatics

Contents: 1. Dedication. 2. Foreword. 3. About the book. 4. Introduction. 5. Acknowledgments. 6. List of illustrations. 7. Islamic India map. 8. Cultural gleaning from Perso-Arabic epigraphy. 9. Indo-Iran relations: an epigraphical study. 10. Study of honorific epithets and renamed places under Muslim rule. 11. Important discoveries of Arabic and Persian inscriptions during the post-independence period. 12. Examples of communal harmony and religious toleration as gleaned from Perso-Arabic inscriptions. 13. Hindus contribution to Indo-Persian literature. 14. Arabic and Persian inscriptions from Uttar Pradesh -- A bird\'s eye-view. 15. Inscriptions of Kerala with special reference to an epitaph from Baliapatam. 16. Mughal Khandesh: an epigraphical survey. 17. Epigraphical contribution of Punjab to Persian language and literature. 18. Rohilkhand: an epigraphical study. 19. A Bahmani inscription from Chillergi. 20. Inscription of the Mughal Physician Nawwab Muqarrab Khan. 21. A Mughal inscription from Biloli. 22. Inscription of Khairat Khan from Orissa. 23. Three Bilingual inscriptions of Keladi Chiefs from Uttar Pradesh. 24. A Bilingual inscription from Nagore in Tamil Nadu. 25. A Persian inscription of the Maratha ruler Pratap Singh from Nagore (Tamil Nadu). 26. Inscription of Nawwab Muhammad Ali Walajah (AD 1749-95). 27. A Persian inscription from Nagore in Tamil Nadu. 28. Inscription of Nawwab Amir Mahal from Bara Banki. 29. Ustabad (Gogi) as a place name. 30. Vidisha : a place name. 31. Natharnagar and Qadirnagar. 32. A copper-coin-hoard from Kalamb in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. 33. Study of 78 copper coins with Perso-Arabic legends, excavated at Adam, District Nagpur. 34. Historical Muslim monuments of Nagpur. 35. Bibliography. 36. Index with glossary.

"Islamic India is an important book on source materials in Persian inscriptions and such other materials, hitherto inaccessible to researchers. It would help researches in local, provincial and central history of medieval India under the Muslim rulers. This scholarly work has an exhaustive index with glossary and illustrated with a map and forty six inscriptional photographs. The work will be treasured by scholars and researchers alike for a deep insight into the multi-dimensional history of medieval India." (jacket)