Question
Describe the Delhi Sultanate in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Answer

The Delhi Sultanate in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries:
  • After the Tughluqs, the Sayyid and Lodi dynasties ruled from Delhi and Agra until 1526.
  • By then, Jaunpur, Bengal, Malwa, Gujarat, Rajasthan and the entire south India had independent rulers. They had established flourishing states and prosperous capitals.
  • This was also the period which saw the emergence of new ruling groups like the Afghans and the Rajputs.
  • Some of the states established in this period were small but powerful and extremely well administered.

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