T I M E L I N E S

== Very helpful Metropolitan Museum timelines, with maps, for both *North* and *South*

== Medieval maps: *Columbia Univ.*

M A P S

== "Medieval trade routes between Europe and West Asia and up to India," c.1200's:  *Univ. of Texas library*

== "The Mongol dominions, 1300-1405": *Univ. of Texas library*

== Albiruni's view of the world, from the Ghaznavid court, c.1029: on a *map-history website*; click on "Monograph" for more information

I M A G E S

== Links to many images of Sultanate-period art and architecture: *Columbia Univ.*

T E X T S

== A neat site on Central Asia, by *Prof. Dan Waugh*

== An excellent general overview site on Islam, maintained by *Prof. Alan Godlas*

== Romila Thapar, "Somanatha and Mahmud: an Analysis of Five Different Narratives" (1999): *Frontline*

== Richard M. Eaton, "Temple Desecration in Pre-modern India" (2000): *Frontline *

== Richard M. Eaton, "Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States" (2000): *Frontline*

== Richard M. Eaton, "Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and Protagonists," Chapter 5 of The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 (1993):  *Univ. of California Press*

== Shaikh Farid's mystical poetry, included in the Sikh Guru Granth Sahib: *sacred-texts*

== Links to many other resources on Islam in South Asia: *Columbia Univ.*

== John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (c.1366):  a free public book on *NetLibrary*; also downloadable through *Project Gutenberg*
 

== *special access*: Ernst, C.; Schimmel, A.