UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 1982 · Q6 · 60 marks
Critically examine the Views of Balban, Ala-ud-din Khalji and the Tughluq on the nature of Kingship under the Delhi Sultanate
- Chapter
- The Fourteenth Century
- Topic
- Mongols, Kingship and Decline of the Sultanate
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