Chalukya emperors, Delhi sultans, 1000-1350 -- Temples and conquest, 1296-1500 -- Reviving the Chalukya imperium at sixteenth-century Vijayanagara -- Bijapur's revival of Chalukya imperium -- Shitab Khan and the restoration of Kakatiya cults and temples -- Qutb Shahi Warangal and the foundation of Hyderabad -- The military revolution in the Deccan -- The political functions of city gates.