Tughlq : by Girish karnad

Indian history divided in three period 1) assistant 2) midieval 3) modern
In tughlaq karnad goes back to the second phase of Indian history because tughlaq reign also comes under this phase. In his portrayal of tughlaq,karnad has depicted the last five years of his rule. He came to know about tughlaq when he was going through the tarikh- firoz shahi of tughlaq sourd historian ziayudiin barani.
Karnad said that he was fascinated by the character of tughlaq .He said that  tughlaq was brilliant individual yet he was regarded as one of the failures ever.he tried to introduce policy that seem far sighted but which earned him the name mahumadd - the mad.he ended his career bloodshed and chaos .
The history of tughlaq is primarily the product of midieval Muslim era. Midieval Muslim historian zia-ud-din barani defines history as a form of knowledge for understanding the silent asscpted of Islam and aims to educate Muslims-sultans in their duty to their faith.
In this frame work, tughlaq became a repulsive subject because of his disregard for Kiran in dealing with both hindus and Muslims alike and is attempts to limit Islam's influences in the political and judicial spheres of India.
Brani has criticized tughlaq for not following the principal of Islam properly,he has discribed him as a ruthless and ambitious king.this gets reflected through to well known Indian modern historians . Hbim and nazmi who said brani makes observation to the effect that tughlaq had lost implicite faith in the tradition of prophet.
The play opens in 1327Ad the time when tughlaq was rulling over India. The image of monarchial rule in India is created as the location of the first seem in the yard in front off the chief  court of justice in Delhi and Indians religious plurality is reflected in a crowd of citizens with few hindus and Muslims . In the very first seen we see tughlaq inviting his subjects to celebrate a new system,were justice works without any consideration of might or weakness, religion or creed. It is political play.