Question

write a short note on the sources of the sultanate period

Answer 1

The importance of literary sources for the Sultanate period:

Accounts of travellers and court chroniclers are the most valuable sources of information for this period.

Ibn Batuta and Marco Polo visited India and wrote about the conditions during that time.

Tia-ud-din Barani. shamsi Siraj Afif and Minhaj-us-Siraj have given a detailed account of court proceedings and details about the personal and pubic life of the Sultans.

Coins, inscriptions and monuments are the other important sources that tell us about this period

Answer 2

write a short note on the sources of the sultanate period