Akhtar, Muhammad Saleem2013-10-242013-10-24b12885472http://hdl.handle.net/1885/10639The present thesis has been writ ten under the supervision of Dr S.A.A. Rizvi who vent through the draft manuscript and suggested several invaluable improvements. My discussions with him have always been revealing and rewarding and I have benefited immensely from his profound scholarship and deep insight into the vagaries and vicissitudes of Indian history. Besides, by placing his personal library at my disposal, he has put me under a heavy debt of gratitude. The cooperation and understanding that he extended to me during my stay in Canberra I will always gratefully remember. I would also like to thank Professor A.L . Basham who, despite his very busy schedule before his departure for Mexico, took the trouble to read a substantial portion of the Annotations and favoured me with his extremely interesting and instructive queries and comments. Needless to say, his interest in my work and welfare has always been a source of inspiration to me.en-AU197710.25911/5d778954b26ac