| The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760 |
| Note on Translation and Transliteration |
| Acknowledgments |
 | Introduction |
 | 1. Bengal under the Sultans |
| 1. Before the Turkish Conquest |
| 2. The Articulation of Political Authority |
| • | Perso-Islamic Conceptions of Political Authority, Eleventh-Thirteenth Centuries |
| • | A Province of the Delhi Sultanate, 1204–1342 |
| • | The Early Bengal Sultanate, 1342–ca. 1400 |
| • | The Rise of Raja Ganesh (ca. 1400–1421) |
| • | Sultan Jalal al-Din Muhammad (1415–32) and His Political Ideology |
| • | The Indigenization of Royal Authority, 1433–1538 |
| • | Summary |
| • | Notes |
| 3. Early Sufis of the Delta |
| 4. Economy, Society, and Culture |
| 5. Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and Protagonists |
| 2. Bengal under the Mughals |
| 6. The Rise of Mughal Power |
| 7. Mughal Culture and Its Diffusion |
| 8. Islam and the Agrarian Order in the East |
| 9. Mosque and Shrine in the Rural Landscape |
| 10. The Rooting of Islam in Bengal |
| 11. Conclusion |
| 1. Mint Towns and Inscription Sites under Muslim Rulers, 1204–1760 |
| 2. Principal Muslim Rulers of Bengal |
| Select Bibliography |