ASIA 103 - Indo-Islamic Kingdoms/Cultures

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as HIST 103) We study iconic events including Mahmud of Ghazni’s raid on a famous Hindu temple in western India in 1026, the tumultuous rise and fall of the Delhi Sultanate, the establishment of the Mughal Empire in 1526, the coronation of the rebellious folk-hero Shivaji in 1674, and the death of his foe, the last of the Great Mughals, in 1707. We read courtly epics written for kings, devotional poetry, travelogues, the memoirs of Mughal emperors, and excerpts from select foundational texts of Islamic and Hindu civilization. Ms. Hughes.

Two 75-minute periods.