Indian Civilization [Lec 18]

MHistory of Indian Civilization; UCLA, Lecture of 22 February 2012. Some concluding remarks on the Delhi Sultanate, especially Allauddin Khilji; reforms initiated by Khilji; imposition of the poll tax or jizyas; succession of the Lodis. In South India, the ascendancy of the Cholaspolitical empires in south India; Bahmani Sultanate in south India; Vijaynagar and the reign of Krishna Deva-Raya; the coming of the Portuguese, and the interpretations of K. M. Panikkar. We then consider the significance of the coming of the Europeans; Vasco da Gama and the interaction with the Zamorin; and the death of Krishna Devaraya in 1529. In the concluding portion of the lecture, I introduce the subject of the bhakti movement and the development of Indian languages.
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[@rammanonearth]

There is a theory that Babur used it first and brought it with him to the Indian subcontinent,but other accounts talk about the use of GP even before Mughal advent

[@rammanonearth]

Hi sir, Could you please shine some light on the use of gunpowder in India

[@oldsachem]

Prof. Lal neglects to expatiate on the traffic in slaves.