The Great Indians
Volume 4: Sultanate, Vijayanagara & the Bhakti–Sufi Centuries
9 volumes · 300 chapters · Published 2 Nov 2026
The first 5 chapters of each volume free
Volumes
Vol 4 of 9Vol 4 · Sultanate, Vijayanagara & the Bhakti–Sufi Centuries
37 chapters, 104–140. The first five are free to read here.
- 104TikkanaFree to read · 18 min#TikkanaSomayaji
- 105RudramadeviFree to read · 19 min#Rudramadevi
- 106MadhvācāryaFree to read · 20 min
- 107Nizāmuddīn AuliyāFree to read · 20 min
- 108Amīr KhusrauFree to read · 19 min#AmirKhusrau
- 109JanābāīNot in the free sample · 19 min#Janabai
- 110NāmdevNot in the free sample · 19 min
- 111Ṭhakkura PherūNot in the free sample · 19 min#ThakkuraPheru
- 112JñāneśvarNot in the free sample · 19 min
- 113ChokhāmelāNot in the free sample · 20 min#Chokhamela
- 114Sāyaṇa (Sāyaṇācārya)Not in the free sample · 17 min#Sayana
- 115Lal DedNot in the free sample · 19 min#LalDed
- 116Mādhava of SaṅgamagrāmaNot in the free sample · 19 min#MadhavaOfSangamagrama
- 117VidyāpatiNot in the free sample · 19 min#Vidyapati
- 118AruṇagirināthaNot in the free sample · 17 min#Arunagirinatha
- 119Zain-ul-Ābidīn (Budshah)Not in the free sample · 18 min#ZainUlAbidin
- 120AnnamācāryaNot in the free sample · 19 min#SaralaDas
- 121Sarala DāsNot in the free sample · 18 min#NarsinhMehta
- 122Narsinh MehtāNot in the free sample · 20 min
- 123KabīrNot in the free sample · 20 min#TukuriMolla
- 124Ātukūri MollaNot in the free sample · 19 min#NilakanthaSomayaji
- 125Nīlakaṇṭha SomayājiNot in the free sample · 20 min
- 126Śrīmanta ŚaṅkaradevaNot in the free sample · 19 min
- 127RavidāsNot in the free sample · 21 min
- 128Guru NānakNot in the free sample · 20 min#PurandaraDasa
- 129Purandara DāsaNot in the free sample · 19 min#Krishnadevaraya
- 130KṛṣṇadevarāyaNot in the free sample · 19 min#Surdas
- 131SūrdāsNot in the free sample · 20 min
- 132Chaitanya MahāprabhuNot in the free sample · 20 min
- 133TānsenNot in the free sample · 19 min#SherShahSuri
- 134Thunchaththu EzhuthachanNot in the free sample · 18 min#MiyanTansen
- 135MīrābāīNot in the free sample · 19 min#ThunchaththuEzhuthachan
- 136Rani Abbakka ChowtaNot in the free sample · 18 min#Mirabai
- 137Kanaka DāsaNot in the free sample · 18 min#RaniAbbakkaChowta
- 138Rāja Todar MalNot in the free sample · 19 min#KanakaDasa
- 139Rani DurgāvatīNot in the free sample · 19 min#RajaTodarMal
- 140TulsīdāsNot in the free sample · 19 min#RaniDurgavati
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- #TikkanaSomayaji
- #Rudramadevi
- #AmirKhusrau
- #Janabai
- #ThakkuraPheru
- #Chokhamela
- #Sayana
- #LalDed
- #MadhavaOfSangamagrama
- #Vidyapati
- #Arunagirinatha
- #ZainUlAbidin
- #SaralaDas
- #NarsinhMehta
- #TukuriMolla
- #NilakanthaSomayaji
- #PurandaraDasa
- #Krishnadevaraya
- #Surdas
- #SherShahSuri
- #MiyanTansen
- #ThunchaththuEzhuthachan
- #Mirabai
- #RaniAbbakkaChowta
- #KanakaDasa
- #RajaTodarMal
- #RaniDurgavati
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