This book ably meets the demand for a critical and comprehensive study of social, economic and cultural history of medieval India. The latest trend in Indian historiography is to de-emphasize political history and to lay emphasis on the life of the common man in its social and economic milieu. South Indian history has got an equal treatment with North Indian history in this treatise. Various aspects of history such as social structure, agrarian system, trade and commerce, currency system, religious movements and the like find a place in this book. The present study presents a definite standpoint since throughout the work runs a central theme, that of the Hindu-Muslim co-existence in medieval India and the mingling of their cultures, which has been brought into focus in the last and crowning chapter of the study. The book highlights a comprehensive picture of the multi-dimensional life of man in medieval India. Briefly, it tells us how the common man in medieval India lived, thought and worked in social, economic and religious spheres.

Table of Contents:
Chapter I Medieval Islamic Thinkers on State and Society Chapter II Medieval Hindu Thinkers on State and Society Chapter III Social Structure Chapter IV Slavery Chapter V Position of Woman Chapter VI Education Chapter VII Sufism Chapter VIII Bhakti Cult Chapter IX Law and Legal Institutions Chapter X Industries Chapter XI Trade and Commerce under the Delhi Sultans Chapter XII Trade and Commerce under the Mughals Chapter XIII Trade and Commerce under Vijaya¬nagara and its Offshoots Chapter XIV Trade and Commerce in Medieval Maharashtra Chapter XV Money and Banking Chapter XVI The Mingling of Hindu-Muslim Cultures Bibliography Index