Episode 7.7 - Alauddin Khalji

Alauddin Khalji became the Sultan of Delhi, and greatly expanded the kingdom. He fended off multiple Mongol invasions, and he in turn invaded most of the Indian subcontinent to his south. He turned a relatively small Sultanate into a great power, and ruled over most of India.

Sources

• K.S. Lal, History of the Khaljis

• N.C. Banerji, Life and Times of Sultan Alauddin Khalji”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress

• Cambridge History of India Chapter 2 - The Medieval Past: Continuity and Disjunction

Names Mentioned

• Balban

• Duwa Khan

• Jalal-ud-din Khalji

• Malik Kafur

• Ramachandra

• Ulugh Khan