Satish Chandra was Chairman, University Grants Commission, and Professor, Medieval Indian History, and Dean, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was also Chairman of the Twelve-volume Comprehensive History of Indian Scheme of the Indian History Congress, implemented by the Comprehensive History of India Society, and Vice-Chairman of the Society for Indian Ocean Studies.

विषय-क्रम

मानचित्र   सूची List of Maps
प्रस्तावना  Preface

1. भारत और विश्व 
   India and the World
2. उत्तर भारत और दकनः तीन साम्राज्यों का युग (आठवीं से दसवीं सदी तक)  
   Northern India: Age of the Three Empires (800–1000)
3. चोल साम्राज्य (नवीं से बारहवीं सदी तक)  
   The Chola Empire (900–1200)
4. आर्थिक और सामाजिक जीवन, शिक्षा और धार्मिक विश्वास  (800-1200) 
   Economic and Social Life, Education and Religious Beliefs (800–1200)
5. टकराव का युग  (1000-1200)  
   The Age of Conflict (Circa 1000–1200)  
6. दिल्ली सल्तनतः स्थापना एवं सुदृढ़ीकरण (तेरहवीं सदी)  
   The Delhi Sultanat—I
7. दिल्ली सल्तनतः चौदहवीं सदी में प्रसार और पतन (खलजी और तुगलक)  
   The Delhi Sultanat—II   
8. दिल्ली सल्तनतः शासन तथा आर्थिक-सामाजिक जीवन  
   Government, and Economic and Social Life under the Delhi Sultanat  
9. विजयनगर और बहमनी काल तथा पुर्तगालियों का आगमन (लगभग 1350-1565)  
   The Age of Vijayanagara and the Bahmanids and the Coming of the Portuguese  (Circa 1350–1565)
10. उत्तर भारत में साम्राज्य के लिए संघर्ष (लगभग 1400-1525) 
    Struggle for Empire in North India—I (Circa 1400–1525)
11. भारत में धार्मिक आंदोलन और सांस्कृतिक विकास (तेरहवीं से पंद्रहवीं सदी तक) 
    Religious Movements and Cultural Development in India (1200–1500)
12. मुगलों का आगमनः बाबर और हुमायूँ  
    Struggle for Empire in North India—II Mughals and Afghans (1525–1555)
13. अफगानों का चरमोत्कर्ष  Rise of Afghan
14. मुगल साम्राज्य का सुदृढ़ीकरण (अकबर का युग)  
    Consolidation of the Mughal Empire Age of Akbar
15. दकन और दक्षिण भारत (1656 तक) 
    The Deccan and South India (Up to 1656)
16. मुगलों की विदेश नीति  
    Foreign Policy of Mughal’s
17. भारतः सत्रहवीं सदी के पूर्वार्ध में  
    India in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
18. मुगल काल में आर्थिक और सामाजिक जीवन 
    Economic and Social Life under the Mughals
19. सांस्कृतिक और धार्मिक विकासक्रम 
    Economic and Social Life under the Mughals
20. औरंगजेब और उसकी आंतरिक समस्याएँ  
    Aurangzeb and his internal Problems
21. मुगल साम्राज्य का चरमोत्कर्ष और विघटन  
    Climax and Disintegration of the Mughal Empire—II
22. मूल्यांकन और समीक्षा 
    Assessment and Review
    
    संदर्भ-ग्रंथ
    Books for Further Reading
    
    अनुक्रमणिक
    Index