Download or read book Kingship in Northern India written by R.C.P. Singh and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1996-12-31 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work relates to the political organization in Northern India during the period from 600 A.D. to 1200 A.D. It describes, in detail, how several Kingdoms emerged and how their rulers claimed divinity, possessed absolute powers over their subjects. The author discusses the culminative effects of the separatist tendencies of the monarchs on Indian Polity which ultimately resulted in their weak resistance to the Muslim invaders from the North-West.The work is based on literary, epigraphic and foreign accounts. It is critical, informative and intelligible. The reader would find it interesting as well as instructive.