This book is an utter romp through the Middle Ages with daring rulers, mad adventurers, wild battles and unexpected international alliances. What makes medieval India so fascinating? The troublemakers, empire-builders and adventurers?Cholas on the seas, slave-turned-sultans in Delhi, migrating Ahoms, cultured kings of Vijayanagara, Portuguese who stumbled into something far bigger than pepper . . . and so many others. History Unpacked: The Why, When and What of Medieval India dives into a thousand years of wars, poets, plunder and surprising partnerships. Through timelines, hilarious comics, clever quizzes and one cheeky poem, discover how history was written, whose stories were forgotten and why the past still argues with us today.