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Girnar rock edicts and ancient Gujarat
2. Post Mauryan Gujarat
3. The Vallabhi period and the coming of Parsis to India
4. Anhilpur Patan and the Chavdas
5. The glorious reign of Chaulukyas/Solankis {942 -1242}
6. The illustrious Siddh-Raj - the ornament of Gurjarland
7. Kumarpal Solanki, 'The crest-jewel of the Chalukyas'
8. Bholo Bhim – the last great monarch of the Solanki era
9. The reign of Vaghelas - Pinnacle of Jain temple architecture
10. The Darbhavati (Dabhoi), connection of the Vaghelas
11. Karan Ghelo - the last Vaghela king of Gujarat
12. Gujarat under Muslim rule – the Taghi rebellion
13. Gujarat under Muslim rule – the Taghi rebellion
15. The rebel Taghi & the last days of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq in Gujarat
16. End of the era of Khilji & Tughlaq Governors & rise of the Muzaffar Shahi dynasty in Gujarat
18. Taimur’s legacy & churning under the regional Sultans
19. The reign of Ahmed Shah – laying the foundations of Ahmedabad
20. The reign of Ahmed Shah – laying the foundations of Ahmedabad – Part 2
21. The monuments of Ahmed Shah in his new capital
22. The glorious evolution of Apnu Ahmedabad
23. Gujarat during 1442-59: After Ahmed Shah and before the illustrious reign of Mahmud Begada
24. The life and times of Mahmud Begada - Initial days
25. The life and times of Mahmud Begada – II - The sack of Junagadh
26. The life and times of Mahmud Begada - III. The Dwarka Saga
27. The life and times of Mahmud Begada - iV The Champaner Saga
29, The fall of Diu - European Naval superiority established in the Indian Ocean
30. Men who represented Sultan Begada against the Portuguese - Merchant princes Malik Aiyaz and Malik Gopi
31. Gujarat under Mehmed Begada, through the eyes of Duarte Borbosa
32. Muzaffar Shah II – The Clement
33. Portuguese Embassy to the Court of Muzaffar Shah II in 1514 & the bold defence of Div by Malek Ayaz
34. The weak successors of Muzaffar Shah II & the rise of Bahadur Shah
35. Sultan Bahadur Shah 1526-1537 - Military campaigns Part - I
36. Sultan Bahadur Shah 1526-1537 - Military campaigns Part - II
37. Bahadur’s forces take on the Portuguese
38. Humayun’s conquest of Gujarat 1535-36 - Collapse of Sultan Bahadur Shah’s power Part -1
39. Humayun’s conquest of Gujarat 1535-36 - Collapse of Sultan Bahadur Shah’s power - Part - II
40. Revolt by Sher Afghan forces Humayun to March eastwards - Sultan Bahadur regains Gujarat
41. The death of Bahadur Shah - Sultan-ul-bar, Shahid-ul-Bahr,’ king of the land Martyr of the Sea
42. Div after the murder of Bahadur Shah
43. The first siege of Portuguese Fort at Div in 1538 by the combined forces of Turkey and Gujarat
45. The murder of Sultan Mahmud III in 1554
46. The second siege of Portuguese Fort of Div in 1546 Part 1
47. The second siege of the Portuguese Fort of Div in 1546, Part 2
48. The inconsequential Sultan Ahmed Shah III & the capture of Daman by the Portuguese
49. Anarchy in Gujarat with the murder of Ahmed Shah III - The decline of powerful Gujarat Sultanat
50. Travels and Adventures of the Turkish Admiral Sidi Ali Reis in Gujarat 1554-56
51. Sultan Muzaffar Shah III 1561 to 1573
52. Akbar's conquest of Gujarat 1572-73
53. Akbar’s second expedition to Gujarat, Aug-September 1573 - The end of the Gujarat Sultanate
54. Early years of the imperial rule in Gujarat
55. Rebellion of the Ex-Sultan Muzaffar III - Battle of Bhuchar Mori the Panipat of Gujarat
56. Op
57. Gujarat Under Akbar 1573-1605
58. Early viceroys of Gujarat under Jehangir
59. Emperor Jehangir’s first visit to Gujarat
60. Jahangir’s second visit to Gujarat April to September 1618
61. Gujarat plays a key role in crushing the rebellion of Shahjahan against his father emperor Jahangir
62. The creator of Shahi Bagh in Ahmedabad becomes the emperor of India
63. Shanti Das Jawahari the inimitable Jain Magnate of Ahmedabad
64. Azam Khan the great Governor of Gujarat during 1636-42
66. Prince Murad Baksh in Gujarat during 1657- 58
67. The vicissitudes of Prince Dara in Gujarat during 1658 - 62
68. Early Gujarat viceroys under Aurangzeb and the intervention in Nawanagar & Halar
69. Gujarat under Aurangzeb 1658-1707
70. The unwise policies of Aurangzeb alienate the brave Rajputs from the Mughal empire
71. Sixteen years of Shujat Khan’s memorable administration in Gujarat
72. Veer Durgadas Rathore: The Legendary Rajput warrior who fought selflessly for decades to protect the independence of Marwar
73. Kathis in the peninsular Gujarat - Marathas faced the toughest resistance from the Kathis; under the Marathas Kathiawar the name of the Kathi tract, was extended to the whole of Saurashtra.
74. Last years of Aurangzeb’s reign in Gujarat 1701-07: Maratha invasions under Dhanaji Jadhav and Balaji Vishvanath
75. The great famine of 1630-32 ‘the satyasio kal’ & its economic effects
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78. The insightful travelogue of M. Jean de Thevenot
79. Insightful observations of Dr John Fryer on Gujarat
80. Gujarat after the death of Aurangzeb
81. Jaziya abolished in Gujarat by the puppet emperors
82. Early Maratha incursions to Gujarat and the rise of Pilaji Gaekwad
85. Sarbuland Khan appointed subedar during the anarchy in Gujarat
89. Gujarat Under Maharaja Abhay Singh - The siege of Ahmedabad by Momin khan and the Marathas
96. Peshwa numero uno in Gujarat - Maratha Queen Tarabhai’s Plans to subdue him misfire
99. The third siege of Ahmedabad by the Marathas and it surrender by Momin Khan II
101. Soldier Statesman - Amarji Kunverji Nanavati (1741-1784) - Central figure in Kathiawad for 24 years, during his short life span of 43 years
102. Gujarat under the control of the Marathas in 1758
103. Portuguese annex Bombay from the Gujarat Sultans under the treaty of Bassein
106. How the first English factory in India was established at Surat
107. The embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the court of Jahangir
108. The first sack of Surat by Shivaji
109. Mercantile and financial operations of Virji Vora, the great 17th century merchant of Surat
110. The second attack on Surat by Shivaji in 1970
111. Maratha terror in Surat during 1664-80
112. Bickering over handing over of Bombay to the British
113. Bombay under the British crown - The Role Of Religion In The Transfer And Rise Of Bombay, 1661–1687
114. Bombay under the East India Company
115. Ovington's account of Bombay in 1690
116. Rustamji Manek, the inimitable merchant of Surat
117. European pirates in the Indian seas
118. Mughal empire fails to curb the activities of the European pirates on the west coast of India
119. The embassy of Sir William Norris
120. The Bohra millionaire Mulla Muhammad Ali dislodges the Surat governor with the help of English
121. The tussle for the admiralty of the Mughal fleet on the west coast
122. The superior English naval power brings the long serving Surat Governor Teg Beg Khan to his knees
126. Admiral of the Mughal fleet Sidi Masud captures the Surat castle
127. Khambhat Port an agent of cultural and technological change
128. Surat a Major Port-Town before the rise of Bombay