T I M E L I N E S
== Very
helpful Metropolitan Museum timelines, with maps,
for both *North* and *South*
M A P S
== Medieval maps: *Columbia Univ.*
==
"Medieval trade routes between Europe and West Asia
and up to India," c.1200's: *Univ. of Texas library*
== "The
Mongol dominions, 1300-1405": *Univ. of Texas library*
==
Albiruni's view of the world, from the Ghaznavid
court, c.1029: on a *map-history website*; click on
"Monograph" for more information
I M A G E S
== From the Berger
Collection, Sultanate Delhi:
=Quvvat ul-Islam Mosque (1192-98) [one set]
=Qutub Minar: [one set]
=Tughluqabad: [one set]
=Lodi tombs and monuments
(1451-1526): [one set]
T E X T S
== A neat
site on Central Asia, by *Prof. Dan Waugh*
== An
excellent general overview site on Islam, maintained
by *Prof. Alan Godlas*
== Romila
Thapar, "Somanatha and Mahmud: an Analysis of Five
Different Narratives" (1999): *Frontline*
== Richard
M. Eaton, "Temple Desecration in Pre-modern
India" (Frontline, 2000): *Columbia Univ. *
== Richard
M. Eaton, "Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim
States" (Frontline, 2000): *Columbia Univ.*
== Richard
M. Eaton, "Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and
Protagonists," Chapter 5 of The Rise of Islam
and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760
(1993): *Univ. of California Press*
== Shaikh
Farid's mystical poetry, included in the Sikh Guru
Granth Sahib: *sacred-texts*
== Links to
many other resources on Islam in South Asia: *Columbia Univ.*
== John
Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
(c.1366): *Project Gutenberg*