News of Deccan Era The Deccan era was a period of great political and cultural change in the Indian subcontinent. The Deccan sultanates were a group of five Muslim dynasties that ruled over the Deccan plateau in southern India from the 13th to the 16th centuries. These dynasties were the Bahmani Sultanate, the Deccan Sultanate, the Nizamshahi Sultanate, the Adilshahi Sultanate, and the Qutb...