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Decline of the Delhi Sultanate

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1340–1350

In the 1340s, the Delhi Sultanate under the later reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq suffered a severe governance crisis: successive famines, heavy taxes,…

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  1. 1340–1345North India · North IndiaIn the early 1340s North India endured prolonged drought and famine, compounded by the sultan's earlier radical policies of moving the capital, raising taxes, and token currency reform, causing rural ruin and urban unrest, severely damaging central finances and military strength.
  2. 1345–1350Across the subcontinent · IndiaBy the late 1340s, the Deccan, Bengal, Malwa, Gujarat, and other regions had successively broken free of effective control or established local polities; the Delhi Sultanate devolved from a unified empire into a regional power centered on the Ganges–Yamuna basin.

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