The present volume deals with the history of Islam in India from its first appearance in the eighth century A.D. to the fall of the Mughal Empire in the eighteenth century A.D. The back ground of Hindu India has not been lost sight of. While principally concerned with the political history of the Cresent in India, I have not ignored its social and cultural aspects. Readers will, perhaps, find that I have essayed inter pretentions at places which may not be quite in agreement with the views of more profound scholars than myself. But I have written with the conviction that 'History must from time to time be re-written, not because new facts have been discovered, but because new aspects come into view, because the participant in the progress of an age is led to stand-points from which the past can be regarded and judged in a novel manner.

This book deals with these chapters: Introduction: Decline of Hindu India; The Crescent on the Horizon; The Icono-clast in India; Slaves Enthroned; First Empire of the Crescent: Khalji; Second Empire of the Crescent : Tughlaq; Chaos Come Again; Character of Crescentdom in India; Third Empire of the Crescent: Mughal; The Empire in Transition; Afghan Restoration; Restoration of the Mughals; Reorganization of the Empire; Fruition of the Empire; Golden Age of the Empire; Post Meridiem of the Empire; Sunset of the Empire; Nightfall of the Empire; Disitegration of the Empire; Review of the Empire.