Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji

Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji

Manu S. Pillai narrates the story of the Deccan from the close of the thirteenth century to the dawn of the eighteenth. We witness the dramatic rise and fall of the Vijayanagar empire, even as we nego…

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