History Unpacked: The Why, When And What Of Medieval India

Meet the Cholas who ruled the seas, the sultans who started out as slaves, the Mughals who struggled with an enormous empire, the cosmopolitan Hindu-sultans of Vijayanagara, the Ahoms seeking a new homeland and the Portuguese who turned up looking for pepper but stayed for power and so many others who made medieval India a dangerous but fascinating place.

History Unpacked: The Why, When and What of Medieval India dives into a thousand years of wars, poets, plunder and surprising partnerships. Through timelines, hilarious comics, clever quizzes and one cheeky poem, discover how history was written, whose stories were forgotten, and why the past still argues with us today.