The Lodhi Dyansty (AD 1451-1526)

  • BAHLOL LODHI (AD 1451-1489)​​
  • Consider as the first Afghan dynasty of India. They were ruling over Sir Hind, while Sayyid ruled over India. Founder of Lodhi Dyansty in India. Revived sultanate to quite an extent. Annexed entire Sharqui kingdom and issued BAHLOL coins. Never sat on throne , used to sit on carpets along with Amins.
  • SIKANDAR LODHI (1489-1517)
  • Noblest of the three Lodhi rulers, real name was Nizam Khan (son of Bahlol Lodhi). Conquered Bihar and Bengal in AD 1504, he built a new city Agra, and made it his capital.
  •    He was a fanatical muslim and broke the sacred images of volcano temple at Nagarkot and ordered the temple of Mathura to be destroys.
  • He set up an efficient aspionage and judiciary system and introduced the system of auditing of accounts. 
  • He encourged agriculture. For measurement of land, he introduced Gaj-i-Sikandari was a poet and wrote versus in Person under the Pen-name of Gulrukhi. He repaired Qutab Minar.
  • ​IBRAMHIM LODHI (1517-1526)
  • Ibrahim Lodhi arrested the absolute power of the Sultan. As a result, some of the, nobles turned against him. At last, Daulat Khan Lodhi the Governor of Punjab invited Babur to overthrow Ibrahim.
  • He captured Gwalior and was defeated by Rana Sanga of Mewar.
  • He was defeated and killed at the hands of Babur in the first battle of Panipat in AD 1526. This marked the end of Delhi Sultanate.
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