New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Delhi University has removed its course on the Delhi Sultanate for students pursuing postgraduation in the subject, the Indian Express reported on Friday.

This course dealt with the formation of the medieval state that ruled huge parts of the Indian subcontinent for an extended period of time, examined how rulers exercised authority, and the political, cultural, and religious life in India during the times, as per the publication.

Postgraduation students were being taught the paper 'The Delhi Sultanate: Structures of Authority in Medieval North India (13th-14th Centuries)' which has now been discontinued.

A number of other topics were also dropped in the third semester in the officially notified syllabus of th...