SURINDER SINGH is the author of books titled The Making of Medieval Panjab: Politics, Society and Culture c.1000-c.1500 and Medieval Panjab in Transition: Authority, Resistance and Spirituality c.1500-c.1700. He has co-edited books such as Sufism in Punjab and Popular Literature and Pre-Modern Societies in South Asia.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Appointment of Government Officers in Medieval States: The Concerns of Nizam ul-Mulk Tusi and Ziauddin Barani2. Dynastic Change in Northern India: Divergent Approaches to the Exercise of Sovereign Power 3. Rulers, Zamindars and Sufis: Probing a Triangular Model of State Formation 4. Administrative Consolidation in the Delhi Sultanate: Evidence from a Collection of Letters 5. Scientific Temperament and Technical Innovations in North India: From the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Century 6. Revolt of Dulla Bhatti against the Mughal State: A Study of Oral Tradition and Modern Cultural Forms 7. Travelling Across Northwestern India: The State of Rivers, Bridges and Boats during the Mughal Age8. Political Culture in the Mughal Empire: An Idealistic Vision and the Ground Reality 9. A Central Asian Visitor at the Mughal Court: Meetings of Mutribi Samarqandi with Emperor Jahangir 10. Pictures of Amazement in Medieval India: Looking into the Works of Mushtaqi, Jahangir and Bhandari 11. Historical Dimensions of Islam in South Asia: Modern Writings on Polity, Religion and Culture 12. Cultural Ethos of Medieval Panjab: The Pathways of Resistance to the Structures of Dominance13. Caste, Creed and Custom: North Indian Society Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century14 . Celebration of Religious Diversity in Agra: Reading the Observations of Nazir Akbarabadi Index

Those interested in medieval India will find themselves learning much within its pages. It also offers a useful case study of how different religions co-existed in the pre-modern period.